In my 2024 Dunwody Lecture, Combating Extremism, I said that among political reforms that are plausibly realistic in the short term, the one that, in my view, would make the most practical difference ...

AP News reports that the “U.S. Justice Department is suing four more states as part of its effort to collect detailed voting data and other election information across the country.” Eighteen states ...

The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Fulton County, Georgia, over records related to the 2020 election, escalating the Trump administration’s efforts to boost the president’s false ...

N.Y. Times offers commentary suggesting that winning the five seats gerrymandered under the new map “is far from a lock for Republicans next November.” Most interestingly, from my perspective, it ...

Governors Shapiro (Pennsylvania, D) and Spencer Cox (Utah, R) spoke together against rising political violence at an event at Washington National Cathedral. “Both criticized their parties for not ...

Here is the transcript. Back when Citizens United was argued a second time, and Elena Kagan was the Solicitor General, she essentially asked the Supreme Court to lose in the least damaging way. She ...

At One First, Steven Vladeck (Georgetown University Law Center) offers a quick and exceptionally sharp window into the legal stakes. Overall, he suggests Kagan is making three points (offering three ...

In light of the Supreme Court argument taking place today on these issues, I am re-upping the post Bob Bauer and I wrote before the case was granted entitled The Supreme Court, The Political Parties, ...

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 ...

As readers of this blog know, the Eighth Circuit recently ruled that there is no implied cause of action under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and that Section 1983 cannot provide a jurisdictional ...

Nate Silver expresses provocative skepticism about whether the mid-decade redistricting fight will ultimately secure the Republican majority hoped for in his most recent Silver Bulletin post. A few ...

Gregg Nunziata is the executive director of the Society of the Rule of Law and previously served as Chief Nominations Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Here’s an excerpt: We live in ...