“The New Republican Establishment; An alternative Trumpist governing elite gets closer to ruling the party.”

October 12, 2023, 7:35 ampolitical polarizationRick Hasen

Nate Cohn for the NYT: In the final account, the rise and fall of Kevin McCarthy might read like the familiar tale of a Republican congressional leader toppled by a small but uncompromising right-wing faction. But even if the story… Continue reading

“Election Conspiracies Loom Over Louisiana’s Secretary of State Race”

October 5, 2023, 2:59 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

BOLTS Mag. reports.

Fifth Circuit Panel, on Party Line Vote, Delays Louisiana Voting Rights Act Congressional Redistricting Case, Potentially Pushing Any Remedy to 2026

September 28, 2023, 5:01 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Michael Li with the details on what he terms a “terrible ruling:” https://twitter.com/mcpli/status/1707483620514927098

“Dems inch toward House majority with recent court wins”

September 11, 2023, 7:30 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Politico: The fundamentals of the 2024 campaign are still taking shape, but one thing is already clear: A flurry of court actions might cost Republicans the House majority. In the past nine days, state and federal judges threw out two… Continue reading

“Louisiana First in the Nation to Vote on Banning Private Elections Funding”

August 24, 2023, 10:23 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Bolts: Louisiana’s Ascension Parish stores its voting machines in a warehouse without climate control, says Bridget Hanna, the parish’s elected clerk of court and top elections official. This worries her on days like these, when temperatures routinely hit 100 degrees,… Continue reading

“Many redistricting redos pending, but ’24 election outlook unclear”

July 25, 2023, 4:45 amredistrictingDan Tokaji

Roll Call reports on states where there’s still pending or potential action in federal or state court, including Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Georgia, Ohio, New York, Utah, and South Carolina. You can find state-by-state redistricting updates on 538.

“2024 House majority runs through the courts”

July 17, 2023, 4:16 amredistrictingDan Tokaji

Axios: “The outcome of unusual off-cycle redistricting efforts in at least five states — Alabama, Louisiana, New York, North Carolina and Ohio — will play an outsized role in determining which party holds the House majority next year.”

The VRA and the Affirmative Action Cases

July 7, 2023, 12:35 pmUncategorizedRichard Pildes

I do not think the affirmative action cases, or Shelby County, directly cast doubt on the constitutionality of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Louisiana has now raised this question in its letter filing with the Fifth Circuit in… Continue reading

Louisiana Argues that the District Court Considering Voting Rights Challenge to Louisiana Congressional Redistricting Should Consider if Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is No Longer Constitutional

July 7, 2023, 10:04 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Yup, there it is (via Hansi Lo Wang): [The Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision in] SFFA has considerably altered the landscape of cases, such as this one, that involve state action requiring racial classifications. 2023 WL 4239254,… Continue reading