Recent events have brought renewed attention to the threats facing voting rights in the United States. In the ongoing battles over redistricting, politicians are increasingly dismantling districts ...

You can find the motion for an injunction pending appeal here. Given the panel’s 2-1 vote against issuing a preliminary injunction, I expect this motion to be rejected in short order, teeing up the ...

Back at the time the Court was asked to hear this case about when candidates have standing to challenge election laws in advance of an election, I supported on this blog the Court taking the case. I ...

Rick P. already has a great take on today’s decision in Bost, helpfully blogged by Travis. In particular, I am inclined to agree with Rick’s view that we may not see much on-the-ground difference ...

NYT: Democratic Party insiders are beginning to puzzle over one of the more consequential decisions for the party’s future: which states should vote first in the 2028 presidential primary elections.

Supreme Court justices take two oaths. The first, required of all federal officials, is a promise to support the Constitution. The second, a judicial oath, is more specific. It requires them, among ...

WaPo: President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned that Democrats would “find a reason to impeach me” if the GOP lost control of Congress — using the prediction to pressure lawmakers to unify behind a ...

From the executive summary of this statement: Scientists have understood for many years that internet voting is insecure and that there is no known or foreseeable technology that can make it secure.

In addition to Hans Noel’s piece yesterday on reforms to strengthen the political parties, Brandice Canes-Wrone is another political scientist who writes on the importance of strong parties to ...

Faux Campaign Finance Regulation and the Pathway to American Oligarchy (conference paper dated Apr. 24, 2025, draft available, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm ...

A 3-judge California district court, on a 2-1 party line vote, issued this order holding that California likely did not engage in a racial gerrymander (or violate Section 2 of the VRA) when California ...