NBC News: Some states have increased the number of votes required to pass ballot initiatives, while others expanded the spread of required petitioner signatures across the state to even bring it to the ballot. In other cases, legislators have put… Continue reading

John Matsusaka has written this book for Princeton University Press that is well worth your time. Here’s the description: Propelled by the belief that government has slipped out of the hands of ordinary citizens, a surging wave of populism is… Continue reading

NYT: n 2008, deep-blue California banned same-sex marriage. In 2018, steadfastly conservative Arkansas and Missouri increased their minimum wage. And last year, Republican-controlled Arizona and Montana legalized recreational marijuana.These moves were all the product of ballot initiatives, a century-old fixture… Continue reading

Ash Center event March 4.

David Daley for The Atlantic: In 2019, writing the decision for Common Cause v. Rucho, Chief Justice John Roberts closed off the federal courts as an avenue for addressing partisan gerrymandering. But, Roberts insisted, the Supreme Court’s decision did not… Continue reading

Opinion here. A snippet: Robert Allen is a registered voter in Arkansas undergoing chemotherapy to treat his stage IV bladder cancer. With the exception of medical appointments, Allen’s doctors advised him to stay home and limit in-person contact to his… Continue reading