“It’s Time to Reform the National Emergencies Act”

October 9, 2025, 7:06 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

At the NYU Democracy Project, William Galston publishes an essay today on reining in presidential emergency powers. Here’s an excerpt: The most important and urgent constitutional issue of our era is the relentless growth of executive power under presidents of… Continue reading

“‘The stakes are quite large’: US supreme court case could gut Voting Rights Act”

October 9, 2025, 7:03 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Sam Levine with a deep dive on Callais for The Guardian.

Dan Weiner on the Brennan Center’s Interesting Amicus Brief in the NRSC Case

October 9, 2025, 7:00 amcampaign finance, political parties, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I asked Dan Weiner of the Brennan Center to write a bit about the interesting position they’ve taken in the NRSC campaign finance case. Here is his guest post: On Monday the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law filed… Continue reading

Big Voter Registration Gap in Youth Voter Registration in Pennsylvania and Elsewhere

October 9, 2025, 6:58 amvoter registrationRick Hasen

New data from The Civics Center:

The Bost Argument Today on Election Law Standing

October 8, 2025, 11:19 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

In the pre-argument essay I published on the Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections case, which was argued today, I concluded with the view that the Court would be likely to reverse the lower court and find standing for… Continue reading

My New One at MSNBC Opinion on How the Supreme Court Seems Poised to Kill Off What Remains of the Voting Rights Act While Few Pay Attention–With Implications for 2026 Redistricting

October 8, 2025, 10:32 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I have written this piece for MSNBC Opinion. It begins: With President Donald Trump flooding the zone with attacks on American democracy and the rule of law, it’s easy to lose sight of the damage that the Supreme Court is … Continue reading

NY Historical Event Tonight: “Experimenting with Democracy”

October 8, 2025, 7:52 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

Tonight I’ll be participating in this program at the NY Historical (formerly NY Historical Society) on political reform issues. I’ll be joined by Scott Kendall, a key figure in the enactment of Alaska’s Top-4 primary system, along with Lauren Karallunas… Continue reading

“Justice Kennedy, Off the Bench but Still Rendering Opinions” (Including a New Revelation About Bush v. Gore)

October 8, 2025, 7:45 amBush v. Gore reflections, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Adam Liptak interviews Justice Kennedy: As a justice, he leaned mostly right, siding with the court’s conservatives to strike down campaign finance laws, to gut the Voting Rights Act and to expand the scope of the Second Amendment.… Continue reading

“Republicans could draw 19 more House seats after an upcoming Supreme Court ruling”

October 8, 2025, 7:36 amredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Politico: Democratic voting rights groups are preparing for a nightmare scenario if the Supreme Court guts a key part of the landmark civil rights-era legislation, the Voting Rights Act — a very real possibility this term. Ahead of the… Continue reading

October 16 Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar: “Redistricting and Re-Redistricting Controversies and the 2026 Election”

October 8, 2025, 7:22 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Thursday, October 16 Redistricting and Re-Redistricting Controversies and the 2026 Elections (webinar) 12:15pm-1:15pm PTRegister here.Guy-Uriel Charles, Harvard Law School, Moon Duchin, Director, Data and Democracy Research Initiative, University of Chicago, Michael Li, NYU Law Brennan Center for Justice, and … Continue reading

NYU’s Democracy Project: Jonathan Mitchell on “Judicial Supremacy and American Democracy”

October 8, 2025, 5:28 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

As part of our focus this week on the Court and constitutional law, we are publishing today this essay from Jonathan Mitchell. Readers might be surprised at how much his critique of “judicial supremacy” from the right sounds very much… Continue reading

“Emergency Relief Sought to Protect Upcoming Elections From Trump-Vance Administration Plot to Facilitate Illegal and Inaccurate Voter Roll Purge”

October 7, 2025, 3:58 pmvoter registrationRick Hasen

LWV release: With elections rapidly approaching in locations around the nation, the League of Women Voters, along with three individual plaintiffs, asked a court for emergency relief in a class action lawsuit that seeks to stop the Trump-Vance administration’s unlawful… Continue reading

“The Supreme Court Is Being Tested on History Once Again”

October 7, 2025, 3:56 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

David Gans for Slate: In the two decades John Roberts has served as chief justice, the Supreme Court he presides over has repeatedly decimated the Voting Rights Act, striking a series of savage blows to the law long hailed… Continue reading

“Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court”

October 7, 2025, 3:54 pmjudicial electionsRick Hasen

Bolts: In a sense, the GOP’s mission is straightforward: If voters remove Donohue, Dougherty, and Wecht, the current 5-2 Democratic majority would fall to a 2-2 tie. Republicans would then have a shot at winning an outright majority in… Continue reading

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