Democracy is about more than elections. It is also about policy responsiveness and addressing the wants and needs of regular ...

I am pleased to welcome Ciara Torres-Spelliscy to the ELB Book Corner, writing about her new book Corporatocracy. This is the ...

Yet another profile of Republican efforts to make direct democracy more difficult in states where it has been used for initiatives–such as raising the minimum wage–that reflect public opinion more ...

Washington Post Leveraging public concerns about Elon Musk’s role in the 2024 election and in shaping Trump administration policies, Sanders and seven other Democratic Senators are calling on the ...

“The Colorado Secretary of State temporarily removed its public campaign finance database from the internet Saturday amid concerns it could reveal home addresses and other personal information about ...

The N.Y. Times has a long profile of Robert Menendez, the former Senator from New Jersey, who is scheduled to start his federal prison sentence for corruption today.

Here’s my yearly roundup of election law academic hires, promotions moves, visits, accolades: James Alcorn started as the Senior Director of the Election Law Program at William and Mary law school.

NYT: Scarcely 24 hours after a Democratic lawmaker in Minnesota was assassinated in her home, Senator Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, posted a pair of politically charged messages mocking the attack.

I am pleased to welcome Ciara Torres-Spelliscy to the ELB Book Corner, writing about her new book Corporatocracy. This is the ...

Bruce Mehlman, at Mehlman Consulting, has put together this data showing a dramatic shift that takes place in the late ...

On Friday, the California State Bar Court’s three-judge Review Department came to the same conclusion as a hearing judge over a year ago and recommended the disbarment of President Trump’s former ...

Fascinating episode from Reveal that speaks to a range of issues of interest to readers of this Blog, from the NYC mayoral ...