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 ...

The DOJ has now sued almost half of the states in the country to try to get access to their voter files. I believe that the Central District of California is first out of the gate with a written ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Democrats are pushing hard to fight Republicans to a draw in the battle over gerrymandered congressional maps before this year’s midterm elections, with both parties facing internal divisions over how ...

Some people collect coins. Some run marathons. A few spend tens of millions of dollars to influence politicians or political parties. Brian Heywood, a hedge fund founder in the Seattle suburbs, is ...

A Democratic Fulton County commissioner who blocked Republican election board nominees in defiance of a judge’s order is running to become Georgia’s next secretary of state. Commissioner Dana Barrett ...

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 ...