Votebeat forum on public trust in elections
With Charles Stewart, Seth Bluestein, and Karen Brinson Bell. You can watch it here.
“Trump Demands That Bondi Move ‘Now’ to Prosecute Foes”
N.Y. Times reports on Trump’s escalation of demands that federal prosecutors go after his enemies. This comes on the heels of Trump’s repeated assertions that broadcasters should lose their licenses for criticizing him.
“Drawing the Lines: Gerrymandering and Election Law”
Ruth Greenwood was the guest on the Touro Law Review podcast.
“American Democracy Might Be Stronger Than Donald Trump”
POLITICO essay worth reading. I’m not sure I’m convinced by its “glass half full” account on the current situation, but it’s definitely food for thought. In any event, it doesn’t change the need for actors within the system to do… Continue reading
Good for Ted Cruz
N.Y. Times reports on Senator Cruz’s condemnation of FCC Chair Carr’s pressure on ABC over Kimmel:
‘“He says, ‘We can do this the easy way, or we can do this the hard way.’” Mr. Cruz said on his podcast “Verdict… Continue reading
Thinking About the Harms from Gerrymandering
The following is a guest post from Sandy Gordon (NYU Politics), Doug Spencer (Colorado Law), and Sidak Yntiso (Rochester Poli Sci), discussing their newly published article — “What is the Harm in (Partisan) Gerrymandering? Collective vs. Dyadic Accounts of … Continue reading
Future of Third Circuit’s Ruling on Misdated Ballots?
The National Law Review has just published a story about the Third Circuit’s decision last month to invalidate on Anderson-Burdick grounds Pennsylvania’s law requiring the rejection of timely submitted mailed ballots that are misdated by the voters. Will a cert… Continue reading
Fusion Voting in Wisconsin
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
“Judge rejects Trump’s New York Times lawsuit for being ‘decidedly improper and impermissible’”
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 Australian to Save American Democracy -And America’s Potential to Return the Favour”
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
DOJ’s new lawsuit seems to show DOJ is violating federal law
Justin again. On Wednesday, Ned linked to two new lawsuits DOJ filed in Oregon (here’s the complaint) and Maine (here’s the complaint) over DOJ’s demand to get full copies of the voter files. Though it’s never… Continue reading
N.Y. Times today
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
Two from Bolts
“Aligning Constitutional Law”
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