WSJ:
The White House, on the heels of a successful pressure campaign against law firm Paul Weiss, is escalating its attacks on the legal industry and leaving some firms scrambling to stay out of the crosshairs.
President Trump took… Continue reading
The following is a guest post from Travis Crum:
Over the weekend, Rick Pildes published a response to my post—which built on a recent essay—calling on the Supreme Court to overturn Shaw’s racial gerrymandering cause of action in Louisiana … Continue reading
Politico recently published this public relations piece on behalf of former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg noting that he was “clearing a path for a potential presidential campaign instead.” The New York Times looks at Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a… Continue reading
Here’s SCOTUSblog on Louisiana v. Callais (consolidated with Robinson v. Louisiana), an appeal from a three-judge panel on a racial gerrymandering claim. Argument will take place 10 am ET Monday, March 24. Some oral argument previews:
CBS NewsThe Center … Continue reading
In light of the upcoming Supreme Court argument in Louisiana v. Callais, Travis Crum published a guest post at this blog arguing that racial gerrymandering should not be unconstitutional. Crum rejects the 30+ year line of cases that began with… Continue reading
Associated Press. Reading stories like this, I’m watching to see if the bigger complexities arise in jurisdictions with same-day registration and how that interacts with proof-of-citizenship requirements.
New article from Stephen Pettigrew and Dylan Radley in Political Behavior:
Voters express their electoral preferences through their ballot. More states and local jurisdictions are adopting ranked choice voting (RCV), which affects how voter preferences are translated into electoral… Continue reading
Wall Street Journal:
As Elon Musk’s government-shrinking operation slashed its way through federal agencies across Washington this month, one of his top lieutenants turned his attention to a smaller political arena, more than 2,000 miles away.
Chris Young, the… Continue reading
Wyoming Public Radio:
Gov. Mark Gordon let HB 156 go into law without his signature. The new law requires proof of U.S. citizenship and Wyoming residency to register to vote in the state. You must have lived in the… Continue reading
Carolina Journal:
A North Carolina Court of Appeals panel spent more than 90 minutes Friday morning listening to arguments related to state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin’s challenge of more than 65,000 ballots cast in last fall’s election.
Griffin,… Continue reading
Zoe Tillman at Bloomberg:
The US Justice Department is seeking to intervene on behalf of President Donald Trump in the long-running civil lawsuits accusing him of being personally liable for the violence and disruption at the US Capitol during… Continue reading