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This afternoon a state appellate panel in Albany is hearing a case to reinstate a good government group lawsuit against the state Board of Elections for wrongly allowing new voting machines that ...
I enjoyed this conversation with Doug Laycock and Patty Roberts about the just-published Sixth Edition of Laycock & Hasen, Modern American Remedies (6th ed. 2025): Douglas Laycock, University of ...
AJC: The State Election Board exceeded its authority by passing new voting rules last year, the Georgia Supreme Court unanimously ruled Tuesday, limiting the Republican-led board’s power. The 96-page ...
NYT: Misleading photographs, videos and text have spread widely on social media as protests against immigrant raids have unfolded in Los Angeles, rehashing old conspiracy theories and expressing ...
They called it the “Big Send.” Democrats gathered in living rooms, libraries, and coffee shops across the country to write letters to millions of potential voters in swing states and competitive ...
NYT: President Trump’s political team is encouraging Republican leaders in Texas to examine how House district lines in the state could be redrawn ahead of next year’s midterm elections to try to save ...
I wrote about how potential reform over the “universal” or “nationwide” injunction might affect a set of election law cases. The Supreme Court’s recent oral argument in Trump v. CASA has brought the ...
NYT on what is perhaps the worst ruling on freedom of the press that I’ve ever read: A federal appeals court on Friday paused a lower court’s ruling that had required the White House to allow ...
Always appreciate the excellent work of my fellow ELB contributors! I’m back in this week, before a big stretch of ELB contributors through June and July: Week of June 16, 2025 Rick Pildes Week of ...
Long after seeing millions of Italians emigrate as they fled poverty and war, Italy has now become a country to which millions of people have migrated, its schools and neighborhoods filling with ...
AJC: A man falsely accused of voting fraud in the conspiracy film “2000 Mules” tried to hold its producers responsible Friday, asking a federal judge to rule in his favor. But the moviemakers, ...
Decision by Judge Murphy, joined by Judges Bush and Larsen, in Tennessee Conference of the NAACP v. Lee. From the introduction: Tennessee grants the right to vote only to some convicted criminals.