And how we learn to trust elections again.

A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.

A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.

Few of us are happy with the state of American democracy. Our political institutions appear dysfunctional and our political culture more generally has become increasingly toxic and tribalistic. Our cu...

Recently, a number of political reform advocates and advocacy groups have proposed a form of proportional representation (“PR”) for the U.S. House. In the view of reform advocates, our system of s...

Opinion: For many voting-rights scholars, a surprising aspect of this week's Voting Rights Acts decision is that the legal regime concerning racial representation lasted as long as it did, writes NYU ...

A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.

Back at the time the Court was asked to hear this case about when candidates have standing to challenge election laws in advance of an election, I supported on this blog the Court taking the case. I t...

Opinion: NYU Law's Rick Pildes says the SCOTUS ruling that it’s too close to the 2026 elections for courts to weigh in on Texas’ new maps risks giving states too much latitude to change voting laws be...

As the Supreme Court’s Monday argument approaches in Trump v. Slaughter on the unitary executive branch theory and independent agencies, two outcomes already seem foreordained. The Court is likely to ...

Progressives have increasingly lost faith in the First Amendment—at least as it has been interpreted and applied by the Supreme Court.  They argue that free speech has been “weaponized” by big busines...

A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.

A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.

A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.

A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.

YouTube video by NYU School of Law

Congress designed the Federal Election Commission and the Election Assistance Commission to be “independent agencies” in various respects. See, e.g., S. Rep. No. 93689, at 16 (1974) (emphasizing that ...

This post is co-written with Bob Bauer, NYU Professor of Practice who formerly represented in private practice national and state Democratic Party committees: Later this week, the Supreme Court will c...

This post is co-written with Bob Bauer, NYU Professor of Practice who formerly represented in private practice national and state Democratic Party committees: Later this week, the Supreme Court will c...

This post is co-written with Bob Bauer, who among other roles, served as former General Counsel to the Democratic National Committee: Later this week, the Supreme Court will consider hearing a case ne...

In a couple of earlier posts, here and here, I explained the mix of politics and Voting Rights Act issues involved in the Louisiana v. Callais case. The specific issue is whether LA engaged in unconst...

YouTube video by Unite America

Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections raises important questions about who, if anyone, has standing to bring federal challenges to certain types of election laws in advance of an election. These a...

As a practical matter, the issue in Louisiana v. Callais is not whether LA will have a second Voting Rights Act (VRA) district, in which black voters will have an equal opportunity to elect their cand...