Joshua A. Douglas, University of Kentucky - College of Law has posted this draft on an important but understudied aspect of Election law.
Here is the abstract:
A complete analysis of the r… Read More
After consolidating power in Washington, D.C., and State Capitals under President-Elect Trump, Republicans are moving to prevent large Cities dominated by Democrats from enacting sweeping li… Read More
The Blaine Amendment was proposed by Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives James G. Blaine in 1875. Blaine was a Politician from Maine who ran for President in 1876, 1880, and 1884. H… Read More
The United States is a Republic. The Constitution spells out how one of our Country’s most fundamental Acts of Representative Government is undertaken, choosing the “Times, Place… Read More
The Referendum for a People’s Convention in November 2017 is an Opportunity for all Citizens to discuss Major Issues and work together on Solutions that can Restore pride in our Govern… Read More
Thanks to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News for this post.
On August 29th, the U.S. Court of Appeals Rejected the Lawsuit filed by Gary Johnson and Jill Stein against the Commission on P… Read More
On Monday, Pennsylvania’s Appellate Commonwealth Court will begin hearing a now Fast-Tracked Case that could invalidate the 2011 Map that created the 7th District and Pennsylvania&rsqu… Read More
Thanks to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News for this post.
On December 27, Five Michigan Voters filed a Lawsuit against Gov. Rick Synder, to force him to call a Special Election sooner t… Read More
Florida Gov. Rick Scott and the State's Three Cabinet Members are Appealing a Federal Judge's Ruling that they must Overhaul Florida's system for Restoring Felons' Voting Rights and come up… Read More
Republican Brian Kemp Resigned Thursday as Georgia's Secretary of State, a day after his Campaign said he's Captured enough Votes to become Governor, even though his Election Rival is Not Co… Read More
Early Takeaways from Midterm Election 2018 concerning Statewide Ballot Measures:
- Recreational Marijuana was Approved in Michigan, and it was Defeated in North Dakota.
- Medicaid Expansio… Read More
Quantum Solidarity: Making Hajj at Bear Lodge
– Essay by Kevin James – November 28, 2018
The mind-numbing atrocities at home and abroad dare me to respond. It’s as if world… Read More
Read this Opinion about Gerrymandering by Sam Wang a Neuroscientist and the Director of the Princeton Gerrymandering Project.
Progressives have long looked to Federal Courts to guard the Ri… Read More
Sponsors of a Florida Initiative that would Amend the State Constitution to state that Only U.S. Citizens are Qualified to Vote announced last week that they Collected more than 1.5 Million… Read More
The Impeachment Process in U.S. Government was First suggested by Benjamin Franklin during the Constitutional Convention in 1787. Noting that the Traditional Mechanism for Removing “Ob… Read More
Between travel and midterms grading I will not be able to post a book review this week. Instead, I have posted the talk that I gave a few weeks ago at the Western History Association Confere… Read More
Do you ever want you just had a handbook to help you comprehend your kid? As a mother, often I ask yourself just how my kid can perhaps be from the exact same genetic pool as myself… Read More
The Settlement by North Dakota Secretary of State, Al Jaeger, with the Spirit Lake Nation, and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
In the wake of the District Court’s Denial of the State&rsquo… Read More
AITCCL hopes to help students turn their dreams of becoming entrepreneurs into reality by guiding them to follow their passion.
Shivendu Madhava, the founder of a national level techn… Read More
A Dozen People including Two Members of the Nonprofit Indiana Vote by Mail Organization, on Wednesday, filed a Federal Class-Action Lawsuit against the Indiana Election Commission and Indian… Read More
Minnesota has Agreed to Abandon Two of its most Unusual and Harsh Election Rules, which have Restricted Help for People Casting Ballots, the freshest Victory in the barrage of Voting Rights… Read More
Legislative Updates
California: The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Approved a Proposal that would send Mail-in-Ballots to every Eligible Voter in All Elections starting with the No… Read More
Voters in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and certain other parts of Pennsylvania will have an Additional Week for Elections Officials to receive their Primary Mail Ballots if they are sent on Tue… Read More
The Three Suits have been filed in the midst of a Minnesota State and Local Debate over Voting during the Pandemic, especially over Reducing Barriers to the use of Mailed Ballots or Converti… Read More
President Trump’s Re-Election Campaign, the National Republican Party, and Four Pennsylvania Members of Congress, Sued Monday to Force Changes to how the Pennsylvania Collects and Coun… Read More
In the Superior COURT for the State of Alaska, 3rd Judicial District of Anchorage, Plaintiffs: Disability Law Center of Alaska; Native Peoples Action Community Fund; Alaska Public Interest R… Read More
Thanks to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News for this post.
On October 2nd, Oral Argument will be heard in. Boydston v Padilla, in San Bernardino County Superior Court, CIV-DS-1921480… Read More
Election Officials in Several States are considering the Implications of Voters Displaying Guns in Polling Places and the Potential to Intimidate other Voters or to Suppress the Vote. Offici… Read More
Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) will Not Officially become Senators, and cannot Swing Control of Congress to their Party, until they are Seated by the Senate. That normally Mech… Read More
A lot depends on Census Data that’s being Delayed even More than Expected.
Delays in the Completion of the 2020 Census, attributable to the COVID-19 Pandemic, which obviously Restric… Read More
Jed Handelsman Shugerman, is a Law Professor at Fordham, the Author of The People's Courts, and Co-author on Amicus Briefs Challenging Trump’s Emoluments Clause Violations and his Appo… Read More
Political, Legal, and Demographic Changes, along with Census Delays, will shape the Fight for Fair Maps and Representation.
Under the best of circumstances, the Redrawing of Legislative an… Read More
Ten years ago today:
- Arkansas enacted the First Congressional Redistricting Map following the 2010 Census, on April 13th.
- Kansas was the Last State to Adopt such a Map, doing so on J… Read More
Legislative Updates
Maryland: The mayor and Council voted unanimously to amend city code to provide for universal voting by mail, new protocols related to the casting and counting of ballot… Read More
Voting-Rights Advocates, are in a North Carolina State Court in Raleigh this month, arguing in Three Lawsuits that Republican Gerrymanders of the State Legislature and the State’s 14 S… Read More
Republicans want the Supreme Court to rule against the remaining paths for challenging Partisan Gerrymandering and Racially Discriminatory District Maps, now that they see a friendly Six-Vot… Read More
According to reports, the Chinese government department in charge of Hong Kong will likely be placed under the direct control of the ruling Communist Party leadership in Beijing, who will th… Read More
Worshipping various Roman gods was the basis of the ancient Roman religion. Ancient Romans believed that the gods helped in founding Rome. Venus was regarded as the divine mother of the… Read More