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Texas Files Its Reply in Supreme Court in Re-Redistricting Stay Request; Expect an Opinion from SCOTUS Any Time (Maybe Before the Thanksgiving Break?)

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 ...
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“Why NYC’s Multiparty Politics Feel So Chaotic; The city blends reforms meant to curtail party power with rules designed to enhance it. No wonder the outcomes are messy”

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 ...
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“Welcome to the Gerrymandering Apocalypse”

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 ...
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“Man accused of double voting in 2020 election says Trump pardon applies to him”

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 ...
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Not a turf war’: GOP lawmakers say they’ll appeal Utah’s new congressional map to the Supreme Court”

Responding to a stinging legal defeat in the state’s redistricting battle, Utah Republican legislators said Tuesday that they will convene a special session Dec. 9 to put a constitutional amendment on ...
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It’s Not You, It’s Me (Election Law Blog Has Been Down, Apparently from a DDOS Attack)

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 ...
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December 3 Webinar: “Youth Voters and the Future of Democracy: An SSIR Author Conversation”

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 ...
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Did President Trump accidentally pardon acts of legitimate election administration undertaken in the 2020 election?

Yesterday, Derek pointed out that President Trump’s November 7 blanket pardon for acts connected to the 2020 election might be broader than he anticipated. The operative language grants a full, ...
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Will the Supreme Court’s Big Campaign Finance Case End with a Whimper? Court-Appointed Amicus Argues SCOTUS Has No Jurisdiction over the Case, Partly Because VP Vance Has Not ...

Read the unusual motion from SCOTUS-appointed amicus in the NRSC case to file a supplemental brief on jurisdiction after oral argument.
Opinion
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The U.S. Department of Justice Files Supreme Court Brief Arguing that Texas Should Be Allowed Its Gerrymander for the 2026 Elections; What Will It Say When It’s on the Other ...

Reckoning with the Undead Irreparable Injury Rule, Review of Litigation (forthcoming 2025), draft available, The Stagnation, Retrogression, and Potential Pro-Voter Transformation of U.S. Election Law ...
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“Originalism’s Racist Birth and Subsequent Death”

I bring all of this up again because of a new article about Machen sent to me by historian Austin Steelman titled: “The Birth of the Dead Constitution: Arthur Machen Jr.’s Early Twentieth-Century ...
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“X Displays Users’ Locations, Fueling Scrutiny Over Political Accounts”

NYT: X launched a feature over the weekend that displays users’ locations, renewing scrutiny of the provenance of many accounts, including those that post frequently about American politics. The new ...