Vol. 139 No. 7 The compactness requirement has become a rule without a ruler. To curb gerrymandering, many state and local laws require electoral districts to be compact....
Vol. 139 No. 4 State constitutions serve as important sources of individual rights. They often extend broader protections than the Federal Constitution and have, in some instances, included...
Response to Structural Logics of Presidential Disqualification
Vol. 138 No. 6 Trump v. Anderson and Trump v. United States were two momentous decisions in a momentous Supreme Court term. Sharing then-former — and now current — President Trump as...
Vol. 138 No. 5 The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), “the [legislative] crown jewel of the civil rights movement,” was enacted to serve as a bulwark against...
Vol. 138 No. 3 Introduction “Great cases,” the saying goes, “like hard cases make bad law.” The aphorism, from Justice Holmes’s dissent in the Northern Securities case, came...
Vol. 137 No. 8 Money in politics. It’s an old problem, seemingly overwritten and unsolvable. Campaigns grow more expensive. Politicians genuflect to large corporate donors. And after Citizens...