The Wall Street Journal offers this editorial. Thanks to Steven Sholk for the pointer.

See here.

I have posted the opinion in Hawkins v. Blunt here. Key language from the opinion (which uses Bush v. Gore as precedent, by the way) is the following: “Plaintiffs

Those in the campaign finance reform community interested in the question of overturning Buckley to allow for greater regulation should check out The Reform Reporter put out by a pro-reform group, “The Rest of Us.” The Reporter’s top story is… Continue reading

Check out John Matsusaka, For the Many or the Few: The Initiative, Public Policy, and American Democracy (U. Chicago Press 2004) and Daniel A Smith and Caroline J. Tolbert, Educated by Initiative: The Effects of Direct Democracy on Citizens and … Continue reading

A.P. offers this report.

The New York Observer ran this report on September 6, but I just came across it recently. It is worth reading.

Slate offers this analysis.

Although the Supreme Court’s order list is not yet posted, reliable sources tell me that the Court’s orders today do not address the pending Texas re-redistricting case or the Ninth Circuit’s felon disenfranchisement case.

See this report on the OSU forum on this issue. Chris Geidner comments on the forum here.

Legal Times offers this report on lawyers lining up for potential post-election challenges.

Yesterday I posted these comments, and I have received a number of angry e-mails from Democratic supporters. I can understand why the supporters are angry—it is indeed highly unusual for a broadcast station to air what is essentially a… Continue reading

This L.A. Times article chronicles the effects of California’s bipartisan gerrymander on the lack of competitive house elections.

See Mickey Kaus here.