von Spakovsky: “The spurious claims made in the [Bauer] letter were pretty outrageous at the time, but what is even scarier is that we now have a White House counsel who has asserted that anyone who talks about voter… Continue reading
Watertown Daily Times: “[In his statement,] Mr. Hoffman makes clear he won’t ask for a recount because he doesn’t think it will change the outcome. …He apologizes for an ‘unfortunate and poorly worded fundraising e-mail’ that implied that ‘election… Continue reading
Alex Kreit has posted this very interesting and important draft on SSRN (forthcoming William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal.). Here is the abstract:
This article challenges the conventional understanding of “facial” and “as-applied” challenges. Under the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence,… Continue reading
The story is here. Blog readers will recall that putting the top two primary on next spring’s CA ballot was the price to get Maldonado’s vote for a package of budget reforms (a package that the voters later voted… Continue reading
Courtesy of the Georgia Supreme Court, a variation [corrected link] on the Legislation chestnut, “No vehicles in the park.” I prefer the food stays in the kitchen.
Chad Murphy and Antoine Yoshinaka have written this article for American Politics Research. Here is the abstract:
Can those in charge of redistricting foster electoral competitiveness by targeting some congressional incumbents while protecting others from potent competition? We provide an… Continue reading
FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub and her Counsel/Executive Assistant Jason K. Levine have written this article for the St. John’s Journal of Legal Commentary.