FEC v. Ted Cruz for Senate
Vol. 136 No. 1
Candidates for federal office may loan an unlimited amount of their own money to their campaign committees. However, under section 304 of the Bipartisan...
Election Law
Parchment Rights
Vol. 135 No. 8
Introduction Like many places in central Louisiana, Grant Parish became a haven for oil and gas prospecting in the late 1890s. Once speculators discovered...
Reclaim Idaho v. Denney
Idaho Supreme Court Retains Federal Framework for Assessing Standing to Sue in State Court
Vol. 135 No. 7
Identifying and Minimizing the Risk of Election Subversion and Stolen Elections in the Contemporary United States
Introduction The United States faces a serious risk that the 2024 presidential election, and other future U.S. elections, will not be conducted fairly and...
How Bad Could Things Get for the Voting Rights Act? The Supreme Court Just Gave Us a Preview.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) is an essential safeguard of the political equality of racial and ethnic minorities. Yet the Supreme Court...
Discriminatory Taint
Vol. 135 No. 5
The truism that history matters can hide complexities. Consider the idea of problematic policy lineages. When may we call a policy the progeny of...
“As the Legislature Has Prescribed”: Removing Presidential Elections from the Anderson-Burdick Framework
Vol. 135 No. 4
In the summer of 2019, California enacted Senate Bill 27 (S.B. 27), or the Presidential Tax Transparency and Accountability Act. The law required candidates...
Presidential Primacy Amidst Democratic Decline
Response to Regime Change
Vol. 135 No. 1
Especially I want to show that it could be different, that it was different, and that there are alternatives. — Natalie Zemon Davis Fifty...
Constraining Executive Entrenchment
Response to Regime Change
Vol. 135 No. 1
Election Day had barely drawn to a close when then-President Trump began his protests that the election had been “stolen.” He claimed, among other...
Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee
Vol. 135 No. 1
On January 6, 2021, American democracy was under threat. Hundreds of supporters of former President Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to...