An op-ed from David Lublin, Glen Wright, and Benjamin Reilly in the Anchorage Daily News:
They did it. Alaska’s budget, which passed the Legislature last week, was a classic political compromise, with a smaller divided check than many would have… Continue reading
I have written this piece at Slate. It begins:
More than 20 years ago, then-Supreme Court Justice David Souter tried to warn that big money in politics risked turning United States officials into tools of an emerging “plutocracy.” We now… Continue reading
Joan Biskupic and Derek Muller have covered the most important news I saw in Justice Stevens’ Bush v. Gore files: that the Article II (independent state legislature theory) emanated from Justice O’Connor, not Chief Justice Rehnquist, and that Justice O’Connor… Continue reading
From a new study by Jacob Brown in PSRM:
Voting in 2008 caused a greater increase in the likelihood of voting in 2010 for Blacks than for other new voters, but there is no evidence of a sustained mobilizing advantage… Continue reading
Results still appear to be coming in, but this is the consistent reporting on the outcome. Danielle Smith, the leader of the conservatives, has strongly associated herself with Ron DeSantis. The New Democratic Party appears to have won a majority… Continue reading
As many readers of this blog know, I have been writing for some time now about the forces that are making democratic politics throughout the West more fragmented and that, as a result, are making it all the more difficult… Continue reading
Updated Post: The Court hands down opinions on Thursday this week. IF it’s going to dismiss this case, Thursday would be one likely date for an order dismissing the case, given the time that’s elapsed since the latest filings to… Continue reading
From Matt Yglesias’ Slow Boring substack. Best link for that I know of is here. Here’s an excerpt:
There’s a construct — “misinformation” — that’s been wielded over the past five years as a kind of weird partisan cudgel… Continue reading
Russell Berman with an intriguing piece in The Atlantic on less-discussed ways in which AI might dramatically lower the cost of campaigns and enable a broader range of candidates to run and compete:
Amid the growing panic, however, a new… Continue reading
Anticipation is for the closest race in Alberta’s history between the United Conservatives, currently in power, and the New Democratic Party. The Conservatives have governed Alberta for nearly all the past 40 years, other than 2015-2019. Here’s one story.
“The California Democrat is surrounded by a large retinue of aides at all times, who tell her how and when to vote, explain what is going on when she is confused, and shield her from the press and public.” Story… Continue reading