Florida Voters Have the Chance the Expand the Franchise in 2018
In November 2018, Florida’s Amendment 4 could restore the right to vote to people who faced disenfranchisement for the rest of their lives because of...
Election Law
Abbott v. Perez, Race, and the Immodesty of the Roberts Court
The Roberts Court’s election law jurisprudence is a puzzle to scholars of the Court. The conservative Justices purport to approach their task modestly, invoking...
A Shadow Across Our Democracy
The fate of our democracy may very well hang on the vote of Justice Kennedy’s replacement. If a newly constituted Supreme Court were to overrule...
Gill v. Whitford and the Methods for Uncovering Discriminatory Partisan Gerrymandering
The United States Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Gill v. Whitford did not settle the question of partisan gerrymandering, as many had anticipated that...
Thompson v. Alabama
District Court Finds No Irreparable Injury from the State’s Lack of Notice to People with Felony Convictions upon Re-Enfranchisement.
Vol. 131 No. 7
An Antidote for Gobbledygook: Organizing the Judge’s Partisan Gerrymandering Toolkit into a Two-Part Framework
Recently the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Benisek v. Lamone, the second partisan-gerrymandering case this term (Gill v. Whiftord was the first). Clearly...
Supreme Court Avoids Bush v. Gore II in Ducking Pennsylvania Redistricting Controversy
After waiting, and waiting, and waiting, the United States Supreme Court finally answered the question whether it would heed Pennsylvania Republicans’ calls to put...
Of Ballot Boxes and Bank Accounts: Rationalizing the Jurisprudence of Political Participation and Democratic Integrity
Vol. 131 No. 5
Participation in the political process comes in many forms. A few people run for office. An even smaller number spend more money than most...
Eliminating the FEC: The Best Hope for Campaign Finance Regulation?
Vol. 131 No. 5
The Federal Election Commission has an unenviable task. It regulates the financing of federal elections, pursuant to authority delegated by the very officials whose...
Into the Redistricting Woods
This post is the first in a series about the redistricting cases moving through the courts. In the Spring of 2013, two prominent election...