Election law expert Rick Hasen in an essay a the New York Times explains The Supreme Court Is Putting Democracy at Risk: In two disturbing rulings closing out the Supreme Court’s term, the court’s six-justice conservative majority, over the loud protests of its three-liberal minority, has shown itself hostile to American democracy. In one case, … Read more
Wow, it’s June already! And you know what that means: SCOTUS Watch. June is the last month of the Supreme Court’s term, and the Roberts Court has developed a reputation for cliffhanger endings to its most controversial cases, as if it is a reality TV show. We are about to find out just how radical … Read more
Late on Sunday night, on a Memorial Day weekend when most Americans were distracted, the Texas Lege tried to pass the most anti-democratic, Jim Crow 2.0 voter suppression bill in the nation. EXPLAINER: How Texas Republicans aim to make voting harder. (Texas is already the most difficult state in the country to vote, it is … Read more
The 55th Legislative First Session has been filled with crazy, right-wing ideological bills attacking voting rights, reproductive rights, patients, doctors, nurses, midwives, doulas, teachers, engineers, professionals, unions, public education, the Permanent Early Voting List, the Citizens Initiative, Clean Elections, and transparency in campaign finance. Adding insult to injury, these bad bills are passing on party … Read more
Jane Mayer at the New Yorker reports that the unpublished memoire of Republican strategist Harvey LeRoy “Lee” Atwater – an adviser to presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush and a chairman of the Republican National Committee – who took Richard Nixon’s Southern Strategy national, i.e., increasing political support among white voters by appealing to … Read more