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Tait Helgaas has written this student comment in the U. Pa. L. Rev. Here is the abstract: As states and cities across the United States adopt instant runoff voting (IRV) in their constitutions and ...

Days after Republicans on the state Supreme Court created a path for Jefferson Griffin to overturn his 2024 loss to incumbent Democrat Allison Riggs, the Democratic-controlled State Board of Elections ...

Politico: Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced the closure of the agency’s hub for fighting foreign disinformation campaigns — the final nail in a yearslong effort to shut down the ...

WSJ: A former top Trump administration official targeted with a federal investigation by President Trump said he would fight back against what he called an unprecedented campaign by the government to ...

NYT: When some of the nation’s biggest law firms agreed to deals with President Trump, the terms appeared straightforward: In return for escaping the full force of his retribution campaign, the firms ...

WaPo: Elon Musk targeted a flurry of money in late March to support Republican members of Congress who endorsed legislation to impeach judges or restrict their power, new filings revealed, bolstering ...

Here is the abstract: Drafted in exceedingly sparing terms and notoriously difficult to amend, the U.S. Constitution is falling short in one of the most important … Continue reading “Springboard to Ar ...

The Trump administration’s compliance with court orders started with foot-dragging, moved to semantic gymnastics and has now arrived at the cusp of outright defiance. Large swaths of President Trump’s ...

Here is the abstract: Money in politics is ever-increasing in the United States, and the ways in which it manifests is ever-changing. The 2024 election cycle … Continue reading “Newer Problems in an ...

In a preliminary order issued over the weekend likely designed to split the baby, a federal district court in North Carolina has told North Carolina election officials that they should follow a state ...

As a former Iowa resident who saw the 6-vote margin of decision in Iowa’s Second Congressional District in 2020, I saw that the state’s recount laws could use a face lift. In 2025, the Iowa ...