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Ruth Marcus from the Washington Post about an amicus brief filed in the Supreme Court in a pending campaign-finance case: The brief comes in a case involving Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), challenging an obscure provision of federal election law that… ...
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  1.  “Mitch McConnell’s un-conservative plea to the Supreme Court”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8111948/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126584>
  2.  “The New Pro-Majoritarian Powers”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8111948/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126581>
  3.  “Convicted former top KY Democrat makes a case for U.S. Supreme Court consideration”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8111948/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126578>
  4.  “Ungerrymandered: Michigan’s Maps, Independently Drawn, Set Up Fair Fight”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8111948/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126576>
  5.  Chris Walker on Congress’s Power to Set Up an Independent Agency to Help Promote Democracy in the States (As Contained in the Freedom to Vote Act)<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8111948/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126574>
  6.  “Year that broke the recall? Why COVID led to recalls flopping nationwide”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8111948/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126572>

“Mitch McConnell’s un-conservative plea to the Supreme Court”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182977534&f=1116553&c=8111948&u=102231511>
By Richard Pildes, December 31, 2021
Ruth Marcus<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8111948_/~www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/30/mitch-mcconnells-un-conservative-plea-supreme-court/> from the Washington Post about an amicus brief filed in the Supreme Court in a pending campaign-finance case: The brief comes in a case involving Sen. Ted Cruz<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8111948_/~www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-cruz-campaign-limit/2021/09/30/d7c602c2-21f6-11ec-8200-5e3fd4c49f5e_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_4> (R-Tex.), challenging an obscure provision of federal election law that… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8111948_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126584>

“The New Pro-Majoritarian Powers”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182977536&f=1116553&c=8111948&u=102231511>
By Nicholas Stephanopoulos, December 30, 2021
I wrote this short essay<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8111948_/~www.californialawreview.org/print/the-new-pro-majoritarian-powers/> for the California Law Review in response to Pam Karlan’s Jorde Lecture<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8111948_/~www.californialawreview.org/print/the-new-countermajoritarian-difficulty/>, “The New Countermajoritarian Difficulty.” The abstract is below. Also check out the responses by Franita Tolson<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8111948_/~www.californialawreview.org/print/countering-the-real-countermajoritarian-difficulty/> and Will Baude<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8111948_/~www.californialawreview.org/print/the-real-enemies-of-democracy/>. In her… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8111948_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126581>

“Convicted former top KY Democrat makes a case for U.S. Supreme Court consideration”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182977538&f=1116553&c=8111948&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 30, 2021
Kentucky.com<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8111948_/~www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article256936902.html>: A month after he reported to prison, prominent Kentucky businessman and former Kentucky Democratic Party chief Jerry Lundergan has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider overturning his conviction for illegally funneling $200,000 to his daughter’s political… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8111948_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126578>

“Ungerrymandered: Michigan’s Maps, Independently Drawn, Set Up Fair Fight”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182977542&f=1116553&c=8111948&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 30, 2021
NYT:<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8111948_/~www.nytimes.com/2021/12/29/us/politics/michigan-congressional-maps.html> One of the country’s most gerrymandered political maps has suddenly been replaced by one of the fairest.A decade after Michigan Republicans gave themselves seemingly impregnable majorities in the state Legislature by drawing districts that heavily favored their party,… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8111948_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126576>

Chris Walker on Congress’s Power to Set Up an Independent Agency to Help Promote Democracy in the States (As Contained in the Freedom to Vote Act)<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182977546&f=1116553&c=8111948&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 30, 2021
Thread starts here<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8111948_/~twitter.com/chris_j_walker/status/1476592671753916419>.

“Year that broke the recall? Why COVID led to recalls flopping nationwide”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182977550&f=1116553&c=8111948&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 30, 2021
Joshua Spivak<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8111948_/~thehill.com/opinion/campaign/587702-year-that-broke-the-recall-why-covid-led-to-recalls-flopping-nationwide> in The Hill. MORE at the Recall Elections Blog.<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8111948_/recallelections.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-year-in-recalls-big-flop-609.html>
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