A panel of the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed a district court’s preliminary injunction against a Maine ballot initiative that prohibited “foreign governments and ‘foreign ...

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 ...

Harmeet Dhillon, the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, and Michael Gates, the Deputy Assistant Attorney General, have sent this letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Ken ...

The ACLU SoCal, ALC, CA Common Cause, and PANA are excited to share that registration is now open for “More Voices, Stronger Democracy: The 50th Anniversary of Section 203,” a statewide summit on ...

This article from Politico, quoting Democratic lawmakers, makes the case. From the article: A Donald Trump-backed effort to gerrymander Texas would boost the GOP’s attempts to cling to its razor-thin ...

Christine Whitman (R) and Jon Corzine (D) urge the New Jersey Supreme Court to lead the way in reducing the cycle of polarization. In an opinion piece, the two former Governors of New Jersey explain ...

Yunior Rivas with the Democracy Docket has the story here. From Yunior’s write-up: In a case where the 8th Circuit has severely weakened the Voting Rights Act (VRA), Native American voters in North ...

A new lawsuit seeking to redraw Wisconsin’s congressional district boundary lines was filed on Tuesday, less than two weeks after the state Supreme Court declined to hear a pair of other lawsuits that ...

Faux Campaign Finance Regulation and the Pathway to American Oligarchy (conference paper dated Apr. 24, 2025, draft available, Reckoning with the Undead Irreparable Injury Rule, Review of Litigation ...

As I highlighted last month, I am deeply skeptical of any third political party venture that purports to represent some middle-of-the-road interests in the United States. Rick P. rightly asks some ...

From the Democracy Docket, we get this warning on the SAVE Act. The Save Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act) would require voters to provide proof of citizenship when they are registering ...

The Brennan Center has conducted this analysis, concluding that at least $1.9 billion was spent on online ads in the 2024 election. From the report: Political advertisers spent $1.9 billion on online ...