Despite what the justices seem to want us to believe, the court operates inside the constitutional checks and balances system, not outside it.

No no no! We do not need an “evenly divided” crt. We need a court more tethered to the electoral preferences of the American people over time. 18 year terms allow every president to have two appointments with a Senate election in between. That’s the way you tether it.

No ideology is entitled to equal rep on SCOTUS. The problem is appointments have become severed from electoral accountability. Add a seat for every justice who served more than 18 yrs, use confirm hearings to develop a norm of 18 yr retirements, & then start moving those who don’t to senior status.

With the brilliant Prof Julie Suk on all the ways judicial supremacy violates international norms and a couple of ways to fix it that don't require heavy constitutional lifting

If you want to support the development of third-parties, advocate for multimember districts, and ranked choice voting.

This is a big deal. DC fed judge says that DOJ's pursuit (and use) of the state voter files is unlawful, on a bunch of different grounds. And effectively confirms that for the 18 states that submitted files willingly, whoever collected the files at DOJ Civil Rights committed federal crimes.

Congress absolutely can make rules about voting in federal elections. This is about voter qualifications, which is different. There can be a grey zone between the two, but congressional power to make time place and manner rules re federal elections is clear, in the Constitution, and broad.

Hey, Wisconsin! Interested in learning more about our elections, and how we might change them? Please join us Monday night (Oct 5) at the Menard Center for Constitutional Studies. Free and open to the public!

Writing is fun. You endure hours of excruciating pain and self-doubt. But in the end, you’ve created something. And then you get to hate that thing.

Rumors about “rigged elections" are now a fixture of U.S. elections, leading to diminished trust in election results & democracy (broadly). These rumors can sometimes be hard to debunk, esp. in their early stages. Our UW team has identified the 6 common ways that election integrity rumors mislead:

Stunning!

Good lord. This was what, the 80s ?!?!