I blogged on Wednesday about the DOJ’s lawsuit against the Orange County registrar for access to voting records, and noted that the suit seemed like a weird one from DOJ. DOJ wanted information, but ...

The Court’s decision to set the case involving the interaction between the Voting Rights Act and the Fourteenth Amendment, Louisiana v. Callais, for re-argument came as a surprise. The supplemental ...

NCSL’s election bill roundup notes the shift of this year’s crop: With most legislatures having adjourned, the number of election bills introduced was 3,160, with 331 of them enacted into law across ...

Ryan Shandler, Anthony DeMattee, and Bruce Schneier in The Conversation, report results of a recent study showing the impact of information about cyberattacks — even cyberattacks unrelated to the ...

Picayune, Louisiana Illuminator, NPR, CBS, NYT, WaPo, SCOTUSblog, The Hill, Politico, CNN, Cook Political Report, Washington Examiner, The Federalist ...

Oregon adopted campaign contribution limits in March 2024, and gave themselves a cushion until 2027 for implementation.  Earlier this week, after the Secretary of State said he needed more time, there ...

Justin helpfully summarized the lay of the land after Trump v. CASA with respect to universal injunctions and graciously linked to my previous takes on the topic. Of note is that statewide relief in ...

The Balkinization blog is running a symposium, based on an earlier in-person conference, on “Free Speech in Crisis and the Limits of the First Amendment“. My contribution is an excerpt from an essay I ...

Well, that was unexpected. As mentioned a moment ago, the Court today punted on the Louisiana congressional case, Louisiana v. Callais, setting it for reargument next Term. The order says that the ...

In response to this recent post from Justin, I would just briefly flag note 12 in the majority opinion: “There may be other injuries for which it is all but impossible for courts to craft relief that ...

The number of registered independents and third-party members is growing as voters are breaking from the two-party system at increasing rates, according to an NBC News analysis of voter registration ...

The Court won’t be issuing an opinion today on Louisiana’s congressional map after all. Instead, they’ll re-hear argument next term. More analysis coming momentarily.