Supreme Court Set To Hand Down Several Landmark Decisions By End Of June
With one month to go in its term, there’s still a lot on the Supreme Court’s plate.
With one month to go in its term, there’s still a lot on the Supreme Court’s plate.
Republicans are trying to fight back against efforts to limit their ability to gerrymander Congressional and State Legislative Districts. It’s a fight they deserve to lose.
Ohio voters have approved a referendum designed to reform the manner in which district lines are drawn.
The Supreme Court heard oral argument in the challenge to President Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban. It didn’t appear to go well for the challengers.
The Supreme Court heard oral argument yesterday in a case alleging that Texas’s Congressional and state legislative districts were drawn with the intent to discriminate based on race.
The Supreme Court heard oral argument in the second partisan gerrymandering case of the term, and once again they appear to be divided.
If the polls are any indication, Democrats may fall short in their bid to take back the House in November.
Challengers to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s ruling on Congressional redistricting suffered two big setbacks in court yesterday that suggest that they’ve reached the end of the road legally.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has redrawn the state’s Congressional Districts based on its recent ruling finding the current map to be unconstitutional partisan Gerrymandering. It makes a lot more sense than the map the state is currently using.
The Supreme Court has declined to stay a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling requiring the legislature to redraw the state’s Congressional District map.
A newly released poll has encouraging signs for Democrats in 2018, but there are several caveats.
Another win for forces fighting partisan Gerrymandering.
A Federal Court in North Carolina has issued a stinging ruling against the partisan gerrymandering undertaken by the Republican legislature in that state.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a second case dealing with political Gerrymandering.
The early numbers in the battle to control Congress look good for Democrats, but there are are a number of caveats to keep in mind.
The first in an occasional series.
A complicated concurrence to Steven Taylor’s recent postings.
More thoughts related to Gill v. Whitford and the problem of extreme gerrymandering.
And even moreso when they are consciously created by the winner.
The Supreme Court appears split on the question of whether or not partisan Gerrymandering is unconstitutional.
Previewing the next term of the Supreme Court, which starts today.
Thoughts on the quality of our democracy.
Justice Kennedy is telling prospective law clerks for the term that beings in October 2018 that he is considering retiring at the end of the term that begins this October.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear its first case on partisan gerrymandering in more than ten years, but opponents of the practice shouldn’t start celebrating just yet.
An important redistricting decision was handed down by the Supreme Court today.
As usual, an attempt to explain congressional behavior brings us back to the issue of our basic institutions. The way we elect congress matters.
There are growing signs that the Deep State is seeking to thwart legal orders from President Trump. This is dangerous.
Defying the odds, Republicans held on in several traditionally Democratic states to keep control of the Senate.
President Obama’s final State Of The Union Address was largely a recognition of the fact that his time on the world stage is quickly coming to an end.
The Supreme Court has accepted for appeal a Virginia case that deal with the issue of using race and politics as a basis for drawing district lines.
A 1980 debate between Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush shows a different GOP.
SCOTUS has upheld the use of election commissions to draw Congressional district lines.
In a marked departure from recent cases, the Supreme Court rules that states can impose significant restriction on solicitation of campaign contributions in judicial elections.
The Supreme Court seems likely to strike down state laws that take redistricting completely out of the hands of state legislatures.
Some on the left are suggesting Democrats should write off the South for the foreseeable future, but that would be as foolish as Republicans assuming that their dominance in the region will last as long as Democratic dominance did in the century after the Civil War.
Despite conventional wisdom, there remains little incentive for the GOP to change its position on immigration reform.
My ongoing crusade to spark thought and discussion on the quality of representation in the US Congress.
A Federal Court has given legislators in Richmond a complicated job.
There are plenty of other factors that help our two major parties retain power.
Recent anti-corruption measures have contributed to making American government worse.
To borrow a phrase from Stephen Colbert, if you want to understand how Congress works, you better know a District.
With just hours to go, the Republicans on Capitol Hill seem prepared to take a big political risk.
Americans tell pollsters that hate Congress, but they never seem to do anything about it.
The Supreme Court today struck down the most controversial part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The GOP seems to be making the same mistakes that led to defeat in 2012.