Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs likely to shake up state elections in 2022.

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The Washington Post correctly notes the electoral implications of the forthcoming decision to gut Roe v. Wade. “Now, normally low-profile state legislative races and less-prominent gubernatorial contests suddenly hold the potential to become national flash points in the polarizing debate,… Continue reading

Lessig and Equal Citizens Group Make Another Run at Supreme Court, Arguing that States Can Limit Contributions to Super PACs Without Violating the First Amendment

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Read the cert petition, with the following question presented: Petitioners are Alaskan citizens who challenged the Alaska Public Offices Commission’s (“APOC’s”) refusal to enforce Alaskan law regulating contributions to independent political action committees. APOC had defended its refusal on… Continue reading

New Civic Center Study–“In Arizona’s two largest counties, fewer than 15% of 18-year-olds are registered to vote

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New research by Laura W. Brill at the Civics Center shows struggles to register young voters in Arizona. “[F]ewer than 15% of 18-year-old residents of Arizona’s most populous counties, Maricopa County and Pima County, have registered to vote.” These trends… Continue reading

“How the GOP threatens harm to red state residents, as revealed in a new study”

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This new Op Ed by Greg Sargent in the Washington Post, highlights, once more, deficits in policy responsiveness that arises out of hyper-polarization, among other things. Sargent highlights a new  study from the Third Way–a centrist Democratic-leaning group–that analyzes the… Continue reading