Common Cause v. Lewis
The role of the judiciary in partisan gerrymandering is a topic du jour. This past summer, in a dispute over North Carolina’s congressional maps,...
Election Law
S.B. 263, 154th Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Ga. 2018)
Georgia Authorizes the Creation of the City of Eagle’s Landing.
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Alaska Stat. § 15.13.068 (2018)
Alaska Prohibits Spending on Local Elections by Foreign-Influenced Corporations.
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The Danger of the National Popular Vote Compact
This past week, Colorado joined a growing list of states that have signed on to the National Popular Vote Compact (NPVC). The NPVC is...
Forgetting the Place of Politics
American politics features two political parties that cannot agree on much of anything. On the biggest and the smallest of issues, what candidates and...
Federalism: The Cure for What Ails Localism
The lines between national politics and state or local politics, always blurred and squiggled, continue to evaporate. Just look at the recent “blue wave”...
Reliving the 2000 Election — and Learning the Wrong Lessons
The most salient national recounts of 2018 are now over. That does not mean it’s time to relax. Over the past two weeks, Florida...
Redistricting Reform in a Democratic House
Now that Democrats have captured the House, a wide array of policy reforms are suddenly feasible. These reforms won’t become law, of course, since...
Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute
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Voter suppression is as American as apple pie. Between the 2012 and 2016 elections, for example, fourteen states enacted laws making it harder for...
Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky
Vol. 132 No. 1
In Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky, the Supreme Court held that a Minnesota law that banned “political” apparel from being worn in polling places...