HLS’s Election Law Clinic filed this amicus brief yesterday on behalf of FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub (whom President Trump purported to fire without cause last month) in DNC v. Trump, the case challenging the application of Executive Order 14215 to… Continue reading

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I’m struck by the similarity of the underlying factual contexts in these two cases. Only one Justice on the current Court, Justice Thomas, was on the Court that decided Shaw, and the similarity is not apparent from the opinion in… Continue reading

Igor Okunev has written this new book (sample on Amazon). Here is the description: Electoral geography is the study of the spatial dimension of the electoral process. It examines the factors and patterns underlying long-standing ideological and political splits… Continue reading

John Martin has posted “Regulating Foreign Political Advocacy,” forthcoming in the North Carolina Law Review, on SSRN. Here’s the abstract: Foreign nationals can presently spend unlimited sums of money on political communications in the United States, including donations to issue-advocacy… Continue reading

In the eyes of many, Shelby County is one of the nadirs of the Roberts Court: an ignominious decision that tore out the heart of the Voting Rights Act. But that’s not Justice Kavanaugh’s view. As he suggested in his… Continue reading

NYT: President Donald Trump said his administration was considering whether to establish a compensation fund for pardoned rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to stop certification of the election that he lost to former President Joseph. R.… Continue reading