Roll Call:
Since returning to office, Trump has taken multiple executive actions related to elections and campaign spending, with Democrats challenging his moves in court. Meanwhile, House Republicans have passed legislation to address one of his priorities: noncitizen voting.
On… Continue reading
Democracy Docket:
Amid the Republican Party’s broad effort to hamstring voting by mail, the chair of an independent federal election commission said he believes states should no longer accept and count ballots after Election Day — a change that would… Continue reading
Ross Davies has written this fun article for The Green Bag. Here is the abstract:
Over the past 80 years or so, maps have appeared in many (but not all) of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions involving gerrymanders. This… Continue reading
NYT:
The pitch from “ZMoney” arrived on the encrypted messaging app Signal just days before Donald J. Trump’s presidential inauguration.
“ZMoney” was Zachary Folkman, an entrepreneur who once ran a company called Date Hotter Girls and was now representing World… Continue reading
The following is a guest post from Rich Bernstein:
Imagine that a state’s statute (or constitution) required a photo ID to vote, but only in certain counties that had a history of consistently voting for Democrats by wide margins. Everyone… Continue reading
I have posted this draft for an upcoming conference on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The collapse of campaign finance regulation in the United States has facilitated a path toward oligarchic power redistribution. Americans did not adopt the current set… Continue reading
Sam Levine for The Guardian:
Donald Trump’s appointees at the Department of Justice have removed all of the senior civil servants working as managers in the department’s voting section and directed attorneys to dismiss all active cases, according to people… Continue reading
NYT:
The lone Republican vote in the Senate last month to protect consumers from bank overdraft fees came from an unlikely Democratic ally: Senator Josh Hawley, the archconservative from Missouri best known for calling out “wokeness” in all sectors of… Continue reading
Ned Barnett in the News and Observer:
The Griffin lawsuit has ping-ponged between state and federal courts for nearly six months and is currently pending in federal court. Ultimately, this case could endure all the way to the U.S. Supreme… Continue reading
Tapen Sinha:
Voting means (swimming) costume party
It has become a tradition – especially in surfing communities – to vote in their swimwear. Here is a young lady voting in “Surfers Paradise”. Yes, that is the name of the… Continue reading
NYT:
For months, Republicans in North Carolina have tried to do what President Trump and his allies could not in 2020: overturn an election that did not go their way.
What began as a sprawling effort to throw out 65,000… Continue reading
Politico:
A new club is coming to Washington — and you probably can’t get in.
Donald Trump Jr., megadonor Omeed Malik and several other investors are launching an invite-only club that costs more than half a million to join… Continue reading
NOTUS:
The Federal Election Commission will soon lose its powers to enforce and regulate campaign finance laws, NOTUS has learned.
This de facto FEC shutdown will be triggered when Republican Commissioner Allen Dickerson resigns on Wednesday, leaving the six-member… Continue reading