The Morning analyzes how redistricting for Congress is shaping up after the rounds of litigation. Its conclusion: The Republican Party’s advantage is fading.
“If everything goes Democrats’ way, roughly 10 House seats could become meaningfully easier to win. Next year,… Continue reading
Kosuke Imai and Ruth Greenwood wrote this column for CommonWealth on some of their data visualization projects for redistricting.
We run two projects that provide tools to help people, courts, and legislators understand how and why that is so. The … Continue reading
The newest episode of Our Body Politic has an excellent segment on Alabama’s redistricting fights. It is clear and accessible, and ends with a stark bottom line:
“The State of Alabama has never expanded the franchise to black voters on… Continue reading
The prospects of going another week without a Speaker of the House seems unlikely given Biden’s determination to support Israel. But as this round-up shows, it remains quite unclear who will emerge or how. Jim Jordan can only afford to… Continue reading
WaPo:
As prosecutors and lawyers for Donald Trump spar over the former president’s public statements, Trump the candidate keeps saying things that couldhurt Trump the defendant’s chances in court.
In the span of about six months, Trump has been charged… Continue reading
The Hill:
Experts are sounding alarms just over a year out from November 2024 that the presidential election could suffer from chaos and confusion after high turnover of local election officials and workers in key states.
Threats and scrutiny often… Continue reading
AP:
A proposed gag order aimed at reining in Donald Trump’s incendiary rhetoric puts the judge overseeing his federal election interference case in a tricky position: She must balance the need to protect the integrity of the legal proceedings against… Continue reading
NYT:
As Mr. Trump dodges debates and is regularly seen on his golf courses in branded white polo shirts and red MAGA hats, it can seem that he is bypassing the 2024 primary fight entirely. He has done relatively few… Continue reading
CNN:
Former President Donald Trump has lost the first of several attempts to throw out a lawsuit that seeks to block him from the 2024 presidential ballot in Colorado, based on the 14th Amendment’s prohibition against insurrectionists holding public office.… Continue reading