The University of Wisconsin Law School, in conjunction with other organizations, is hosting what looks like will be a great event. Parties, Power, and Possibility: Revisiting Fusion Voting in Wisconsin will be held on Friday, November 14, 2025. It has… Continue reading

CNN reports: “In a ruling dripping with derision, a federal judge has rejected President Trump’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, asserting that the rambling 85-page suit did not follow federal rules for filing civil complaints” Here’s the … Continue reading

The written version of my Miegunyah Lecture has been published and posted on SSRN. Here’s the abstract: This is the text of US constitutional and election law scholar Professor Edward B. Foley’s Miegunyah Distinguished Visiting Fellow Lecture delivered at… Continue reading

Earlier today, the top story in the N.Y. Times app on my phone had this headline: “Trump Says Broadcasters Should Lose Licenses for Criticizing Him” It’s the kind of headline that should be a parody, like in The Onion, but… Continue reading

Under this GOP Measure, All of Missouri’s Recent Popular Initiatives Would Have Failed As Georgia Returns to Electing Its Utility Commission, Worries over Democracy Linger

I just posted this paper, written for the Ohio State Law Journal’s symposium on my book, “Aligning Election Law.” The paper explores how the principle of alignment — congruence between governmental outputs and popular preferences — could be… Continue reading

VoteBeat’s article explains the new compromise proposal aimed at getting holdouts to agree to early processing of absentee ballots. The compromise includes “regulations for ballot drop boxes and an explicit ban on clerks fixing, or curing, errors on ballots.” Will… Continue reading

Courthouse News reports on the federal district court’s denial of the Trump Administration’s motion to dismiss in the lawsuit challenging Trump’s executive order on elections. The court ruled that the states have standing to sue and that they plausibly allege… Continue reading

Comprehensive coverage from The Washington Post.

I was struck by reading two sharply contrasting stories about different civics education initiatives this week. First, within an article focusing on on the “In Pursuit” project (which has prominent current figures discussing significant individuals in American history), the N.Y.… Continue reading

Characteristically thoughtful and eloquent words from the N.Y. Times columnist. It begins: “It’s hard to grasp the magnitude of the emerging threat to free speech in the United States.” It ends by quoting some of Justice Robert Jackson’s best lines… Continue reading

N.Y. Times reports on Adam Jentleson’s new organization, which is “starting with an annual budget of $10 million … [and] is subsidized by a roster of billionaire donors highlighted by Stephen Mandel, a hedge fund manager, and Eric Laufer, a… Continue reading