Michael Malbin has written this article for the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law. Here is the abstract: Recent events remind us of the importance and fragility of the institutions that undergird a healthy democracy.  This article steps away… Continue reading

New from BPC: The smooth execution of elections is a cornerstone of our democracy, yet elections in the United States are chronically—and, in some cases, hazardously—underfunded. The majority of existing funding comes from state and local sources, with only intermittent,… Continue reading

NYT: A group of President Donald J. Trump’s allies and associates spent months trying to overturn the 2020 election based on his lie that he was the true winner.Now, some of the same confidants who tried and failed to invalidate… Continue reading

NYT: A federal judge cleared the way on Monday for a group of Georgia voters to move forward with legal efforts seeking to disqualify Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from running for re-election to Congress, citing her role in the… Continue reading

It’s not pretty. Listen.

NYT: As a young congressional aide, David Price witnessed the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 from the Senate gallery. He remembers the dramatic moment when Senator Clair Engle of California, dying of a brain tumor… Continue reading

Zach Montellaro for Politico: Twenty-five states will elect their chief election officers this November — a slate of contests already drawing outsize attention, money and competition as former President Donald Trump continues undermining the results of the last national… Continue reading

Agenda for conference hosted by The Carter Center and Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Link to register for livestream.

I’ll be moderating the final session of Harvard Law School’s Democracy speaker series tomorrow, on the subject of redistricting and gerrymandering. The panelists will be Michael Li of the Brennan Center, Deuel Ross of LDF, and Jason Torchinsky of Holtzman… Continue reading