Mike Parsons:   Recent commentary on the Supreme Court’s stay order in Merrill v. Milligan has focused on what the decision portends for the future of Section 2 doctrine.  But the Court’s radical expansion of Purcell threatens to sow… Continue reading

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Robin Vos is facing calls to step off the tight rope he has been on for more than a year navigating a Republican base that wants much more scrutiny from him of the 2020 election and… Continue reading

NYT: As Mr. Trump works to retain his hold on the Republican Party, elevating a slate of friendly candidates in midterm elections, Mr. McConnell and his allies are quietly, desperately maneuvering to try to thwart him. The loose alliance,… Continue reading

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NBC News reports. Democrats seeking high office in battleground states this year are increasingly pitching themselves to voters as a bulwark against any efforts that Republican allies of former President Donald Trump might make to subvert the next presidential… Continue reading

This week, I joined Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick on the Amicus podcast to talk about the Alabama redistricting decision, Merrill v. Milligan. The episode, “Politics Masquerading as Law” is available here.I also had the pleasure of talking Supreme Court appointments… Continue reading

The title on this LA Times story is With Biden’s agenda hanging by a thread, Democrats question Schumer-Klain strategy. Here are some excerpts: For all the ire directed by liberal activists at two moderate senators who in recent weeks… Continue reading

From Sam Levine at the Guardian: When millions of American voters head to the polls this autumn to vote for congressional candidates, the vast majority of their votes won’t matter at all.It’s an idea that’s anathema to the very idea… Continue reading

From NBC News: President Joe Biden‘s signature Build Back Better Act has stalled and his voting rights ambitions have fizzled. But Congress is suddenly racking up modest yet consequential victories, from protecting victims of sexual abuse and improving… Continue reading

New empirical paper from David Brockman et al: A prominent literature argues that moderate candidates perform better in general elections, but a competing literature that emphasizes voters’ partisan loyalties contests these predictions. The 2020 Democratic Presidential primary represented an opportunity… Continue reading

New York’s new congressional plan has attracted attention as one of the most aggressive Democratic maps of this cycle. So I was curious to see how it scores along various metrics. First, its projected efficiency gap of 5% pro-Democratic is… Continue reading