As a political junkie, I’ve been focused on the close race in Indiana tonight, but another important political story, perhaps not coincidentally, dropped tonight: President Bush has made a move to break the impasse over FEC nominations. But rather than… Continue reading

Heather Gerken responds on shadow institutions and Carter-Baker.

The Politico offers this report. Not sure yet what to make of this.

AP offers this report.

The following press release arrived via email: Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez (D-Los Angeles) today introduced a sweeping proposal to change the way the state’s political boundaries are drawn coupled with a revision in the state term limits law and a… Continue reading

The latest update from the Indianapolis Star shows “hardcore” Republicans turning out in droves to vote in the Democratic primary. Assuming this is perfectly acceptable to Democrats, isn’t it time for Indiana to repeal its quirky challenge law, under… Continue reading

CQ offers this report on what must be Shays v. FEC XII.

The Politico offers this report on last week’s Kennedy School conference.

Bruce Fein has written this very interesting oped in the Washington Times.

There are more responses to Nate’s piece on VRA renewal. Here’s one by Joaquin Avila and one by Epstein and O’Halloran. Nate also has written a response to Rick Pildes’s must read comment on Nate’s original article. Looking forward… Continue reading

I’ve been anxiously awaiting this analysis from Chris Elmendorf. Very interesting indeed.

Here. More Gerken here.

See this editorial in the News and Observer newspaper (North Carolina).

Josh Marshall says probably [corrected link]. I’ve written this piece for the Northwestern University Law Review Colloquy on whether Congress itself could abolish superdelegates if the Democratic Party does not do so on its own.