NPR:
For many American citizens living abroad, making sure their ballots are returned correctly and on time hundreds or thousands of miles away, back in the United States, can be tough.
But with the 2026 midterm election approaching, U.S. expatriates… Continue reading
At first glance, the SG’s brief in Callais seems less radical than those of the appellees and of Louisiana. The latter argue that Section 2 is flatly unconstitutional, while the SG’s brief merely recommends modifying the Gingles framework in certain respects. The Gingles framework certainly isn’t… Continue reading
Politico:
Donald Trump’s attempt to jawbone Microsoft into firing former Biden DOJ official Lisa Monaco as a top D.C. operative has put K Street on high alert about who they hire.
Much of the private sector is paralyzed by Trump’s… Continue reading
Kevin Cope has written this article for Political Analysis. Abstract:
This article develops the first dynamic method for systematically estimating the ideologies and other traits of nearly the entire federal judiciary. The Jurist-Derived Judicial Ideology Scores (JuDJIS) method derives from… Continue reading
News and Observer:
A federal judge upheld North Carolina’s Senate map Tuesday, rejecting claims that Republican lawmakers had illegally drawn the districts to dilute the voting power of Black voters.
Challengers to the map argued that it split up Black… Continue reading
Reuters:
Nevada’s top federal prosecutor has asked the FBI to investigate debunked Republican claims about voter fraud in the 2020 election, a probe she hopes will influence congressional races and ensnare Democrats, according to a government document seen by Reuters.… Continue reading
Norm in TNR:
So I am not surprised now to see that broadcasters—in an era when there has been much more concentration of ownership, when the technology has made the business models more fraught—have shown no commitment to anything resembling… Continue reading
Politico:
If a government shutdown wasn’t already exceedingly likely, President Donald Trump might have made it a near certainty Monday night.
The president posted a vulgar AI-generated deepfake video to his Truth Social slamming the top Democratic leaders — Senate… Continue reading
Politico:
President Donald Trump is ratcheting up pressure on Republicans to redraw congressional maps across the country, going as far as weighing a primary challenge to New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte if she continues avoiding a remapping effort in her… Continue reading
FSU Election Law Center:
This conference, presented by FSU’s Election Law Center, will be a one-hour teleforum taking place on October 16, 2025, at 12 PM EST. We’ll bring together three panelists and a moderator to dig into the… Continue reading
Manoj Mate has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal). Here is the abstract:
Since Bush v. Gore, scholarship on election law has centered on a theoretical debate between rights-based and structural theory approaches,… Continue reading
I’m very excited to be working on this major project, bringing together my many strands of research on democracy and election law. Here’s the Publisher’s Marketplace announcement (the book itself won’t be published until early 2028):
Cleveland Plain Dealer:
In May 2018, after Ohio voters overwhelmingly approved the state’s current process for redrawing congressional districts, the Republican and Democratic sponsors of the proposal declared it would stop gerrymandering and ensure bipartisan collaboration.
“Ohio has decided that… Continue reading
WSJ:
YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit that President Trump brought against the company and its chief executive over its suspension of Trump’s account after that year’s riot at the U.S. Capitol, according… Continue reading