John Kruzel for Reuters:
The U.S. Supreme Court turned away on Monday a bid by casino mogul Steve Wynn to roll back defamation protections established in its landmark 1964 ruling in the case New York Times v. Sullivan – a… Continue reading
Looking forward to this (free registration required):
Monday, March 31, 12:15pm-1:15pm PT, WebinarAlice Marwick, Director of Research, Data & Society, UNC Chapel Hill, Kate Starbird, University of Washington, and Joshua Tucker, NYU.Richard L. Hasen, moderator (Director, Safeguarding Democracy… Continue reading
AJC:
Georgia election officials plan to cancel about 455,000 inactive voter registrations this summer, one of the largest registration removals in U.S. history.
More than half the registrations scheduled for cancellation were identified by a 24-state organization called ERIC, which… Continue reading
Over the last eight years, veteran journalist Michael Wines did some of the most important reporting in the New York Times on the democracy beat. Rather than report on the latest day-to-day political food fights, Michael’s reporting was deep and… Continue reading
The following is a post from Travis Crum:
Here’s a recap of today’s oral argument in Louisiana v. Callais.
At the outset, a short summary of what Callais is about. Callais is an old-school, 1990s-style Shaw challenge. The Callais… Continue reading
I’ll be participating in this important event tomorrow, which is being put on by the ABA Task Force on American Democracy.
The other participants are:
Judge Paul Grimm (Ret.) – David F. Levi Professor of the Practice of Law, Duke… Continue reading
As described in my forthcoming Essay, the results of updating my data on the rates of election litigation to include 2023 and 2024:
The voting wars also brought a significant increase in litigation. The rate of election administration has… Continue reading
I have written this draft for a symposium issue of the Florida State University Law Review on 25 Years after Bush v. Gore. Here is the abstract:
The Supreme Court framed its holding in its 2000 case, Bush v. Gore,… Continue reading
WaPo:
President Donald Trump and billionaire adviser Elon Musk are going all-in on flipping control of Wisconsin’s top court, with Trump endorsing the conservative in the race and Musk’s PAC hunting for votes by offering state residents cash for their… Continue reading
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