“Boycotting the President’s Brand: Commercial Reactions to Trump 2015-2017”
New report by Ciara Torres-Spelliscy for the Corporate Reform Coalition.
Monthly Archives: January 2018
“Campaign Finance, Free Speech, and Boycotts”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy has written this article for the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy.
“Judges: No delay for new N. Carolina congressional map”
AP:
The judges who struck down North Carolina’s congressional map for excessive partisanship that favored Republicans refused Tuesday to delay their order telling GOP state lawmakers to draw new lines by next week.
The denial by the three-judge federal panel… Continue reading
“I agree with Donald Trump, we should have voter ID. Here’s how and why.”
Michael McDonald USA Today oped:
I propose a national identification card to be issued by the government to all citizens of the United States when they turn 16. This identification would serve not only as required voter identification when someone… Continue reading
Supreme Court Dismisses Texas Democratic Party Petition Raising Partisan Gerrymandering Case, After Agreeing to Hear Texas Appeal on Voting Rights Act and Racial Gerrymandering Issues
I noted on Friday the Supreme Court’s order to hear two Texas redistricting appeals raising claims under the Voting Rights Act and the Constitution (including racially discriminatory intent and racial gerrymandering claims). I also noted that the Court did not… Continue reading
“Trump Official On Russian Hacking: ‘A National Security Issue'”
Pam Fessler for NPR:
President Trump has shown little interest in fighting the threat of Russians hacking U.S. elections. He’s shown a lot of interest in fighting voter fraud, something he insists — without evidence — is widespread.
Parts of… Continue reading
Alabama: “House committee approves bill revising special U.S. Senate election law”
Montgomery Advertiser:
A House committee Wednesday morning approved a bill that would require special elections for U.S. Senate to take place at the next statewide general election.
“What this bill simply does is set any U.S. Senate vacancies for regularly… Continue reading
“A Case for Math, Not ‘Gobbledygook,’ in Judging Partisan Voting Maps”
Adam Liptak NYT Sidebar column.
“On Partisan Gerrymandering, What’s Up?”
“Justice Scalia Spoke Favorably of Trump’s Presidential Run, Author Bryan Garner Says”
Jess Bravin for the WSJ:
Shortly before his death in February 2016, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia spoke favorably of Donald Trump’s presidential run.
“Justice Scalia thought it was most refreshing to have a candidate who was pretty much unfiltered… Continue reading
“White racial resentment has been gaining political power for decades”
Adam M. Enders and Jamil S. Scott for the Monkey Cage:
Let’s be more particular. White racial resentment has remained remarkably stable over time. But that racial resentment has become much more highly correlated with particular political attitudes, behaviors… Continue reading
“Martin Luther King’s Call to ‘Give Us the Ballot’ Is As Relevant Today as It Was in 1957”
Barbara Arnwine and John Nichols:
To bend that arc, a new National Commission for Voter Justice has been constituted at the urging of the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Sr., leaders of the National Bar Association and scholars and activists from… Continue reading
“The Supreme Court takes on two redistricting cases from Texas”
Steven Mazie for The Economist.