“Bracket Voting: Structuring ‘Final Four’ Elections like Familiar Sports Tournaments”

September 15, 2025, 7:09 amUncategorizedNed Foley

I’ve posted this new article on SSRN. Here’s the abstract: This essay, a contribution to the Ohio State Law Journal symposium on the important new book Aligning Election Law by Nicholas Stephanopoulos, addresses the value of the alignment principle for… Continue reading

Essays on Measures to Overcome Social Polarization, from NYU’s Democracy Project

September 15, 2025, 6:21 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

In our first week, we published three additional essays with views on several ways to address the toxic political culture of our era, in addition to Randy Kennedy’s essay excerpted earlier here entitled: NOT By Any Means Necessary. From John … Continue reading

“Fourth Circuit finds North Carolina’s felon voter law unconstitutional”

September 15, 2025, 5:13 amUncategorizedNed Foley

Courthouse News Service (via Electionline).

“Battle over Arizona’s election manual expands to citizenship checks, early voting, hand counts”

September 15, 2025, 5:08 amUncategorizedNed Foley

Votebeat (via Electionline)

“Trump administration requests to access voting machines worries election officials”

September 15, 2025, 5:06 amUncategorizedNed Foley

NPR’s All Things Considered

“Our Coming Plutocracy”

September 15, 2025, 5:01 amUncategorizedNed Foley

Francis Fukuyama for Persuasion warning, in particular, about the latest moves from Elon Musk and especially Larry Ellison. The latter, with his son, are seeking to (in Fukuyama’s words) “control a vast array of outlets, both legacy and new media,… Continue reading

“Congressman wants to eliminate SC’s only Democratic district. Republicans say they have a plan.

September 15, 2025, 4:27 amUncategorizedNed Foley

The Post and Courier reports on Rep. Ralph Norman’s proposal to eliminate through gerrymandering Rep. Jim Clyburn’s House seat. According to the story, “a far-right faction of the S.C. Legislature says it will introduce legislation to redraw the lines to… Continue reading

“The Corporate Power Reset That Makes Citizens United Irrelevant”

September 15, 2025, 4:08 amUncategorizedNed Foley

A new Center for American Progress report, with this subtitle: “By using their authority to define what corporations are—and what powers they hold—states can end the era of corporate and dark money in U.S. politics.”

“On the Supreme Court’s Emergency Docket, Sharp Partisan Divides”

September 14, 2025, 9:45 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Adam Liptak for the NYT: Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh says good judges are like good referees. “Am I calling it the same way for labor and management, for the business and the environmental interests, for the Republican and the Democrat?”… Continue reading

“How Nancy Pelosi Quietly Shaped California’s Redistricting Fight”

September 14, 2025, 9:39 amredistrictingRick Hasen

NYT: One Friday in early August, Nancy Pelosi and Gavin Newsom sat together in the historic governor’s mansion in Sacramento and began dialing some of the nation’s wealthiest Democrats for dollars. Ms. Pelosi, the 85-year-old former House speaker, and… Continue reading

David Gans on Circumspection Podcast Talking about Louisiana v. Callais, and Voting Rights at the Supreme Court

September 14, 2025, 9:33 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Listen here.

“Louisiana’s Chief Election Official Confirms Lack of Widespread Noncitizen Voting”

September 14, 2025, 7:45 amelection administrationRick Hasen

Brennan Center: After reviewing state voter rolls going back to the 1980s, Louisiana’s Republican secretary of state announced this month that “non-citizens illegally registering or voting is not a systemic problem in Louisiana.” That finding aligns with years of … Continue reading

“Brazil’s Former President Was Convicted of Plotting a Coup. What Comes Next?; Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison for conspiring to cling to power after losing the 2022 elections.”

September 12, 2025, 2:38 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison on Thursday for overseeing a failed coup plot after losing the 2022 elections, a landmark ruling for Latin America’s largest nation. Mr. Bolsonaro was… Continue reading

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