The NYT has a conversation between Kate Shaw, Will Baude, and Steve Vladek discussing the end of the Supreme Court’s Term. Baude gives the Court an A-, Shaw a C-, and Vladek says incomplete. Along the way, I’m appreciative of… Continue reading

Interesting interview with the field director of the Mamdani campaign at City & State NY about the nature of their ground operation: It wasn’t just the TikTok videos. Zohran Mamdani’s primary upset was powered by an army of tens of… Continue reading

Madhav Khosla is a rising star in comparative constitutional law. Just saw this post he did last week at Balkinization, with Milan Vaishnav, about an article of theirs at the intersection of elections and governance. The article wrestles with how… Continue reading

Looks like a major test of proof of citizenship requirements is going to come out of Wyoming. DOJ has intervened to support Wyoming. Democracy Docket has more information and links.

Justin Jouvenal @jjouvenal and Beth Reinhard @bethreinhard at the Washington Post have this story about the political party coordinated-spending case the Court will hear next Term: The Supreme Court will hear a significant campaign finance case next term that will… Continue reading

From Devlin Barrett and Nick Corasanti at the NYT: Senior Justice Department officials are exploring whether they can bring criminal charges against state or local election officials if the Trump administration determines they have not sufficiently safeguarded their computer… Continue reading

From Vote Beat: Several provisions of President Donald Trump’s executive order on elections have run into obstacles in court. But others are quietly moving ahead, at least for now, with big potential implications for state and local election officials… Continue reading

Also from Politico: Libertarian National Committee Chair Steven Nekhaila has a pitch for billionaire Elon Musk: Join us, and don’t fight the uphill battle of launching a third party. “Making a new third party would be a mistake,” Nekhaila… Continue reading

From Politico, a report on another James Fishkin deliberative experiments, this one centered on Pennsylvania: Voters in one of the most divided states in the country moved closer together on immigration, climate change and voter ID requirements after spending… Continue reading

If I’ve read this correctly, Brad Smith argues in the WSJ that Congress has no power to regulate campaigns, as opposed to regulating elections themselves: But the problem goes deeper than the need to define “corruption” and balance it against… Continue reading

Lots of procedural maneuvering going on in this case for now.

Because the government believes the relevant provision of the campaign-finance laws is unconstitutional, the Supreme Court has appointed Roman Martinez to argue in defense of the constitutionality of this provision. Roman, with whom I’ve been on panels, is the chair… Continue reading

Congratulations to Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken on this new phase of her career. See this NYT story.