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“Once eroded, rule of law can be hard to restore”

Aziz Huq delivered the inaugural Harvey Memorial Lecture at HLS’s Election Law Clinic. Some coverage: When the rule of law is eroded in a...

“California media outlets demand access to secret warrants in sheriff’s ballot seizure case”

Cal Matters: CalMatters and a national consortium of news organizations on Wednesday filed a motion in Riverside County court seeking public access to the warrants a...

Ethnonationalism by Algorithm – Election Law Blog

I’ll speak at Howard Law School next Tuesday about my forthcoming article in the Howard Law Journal entitled “Ethnonationalism by Algorithm.”  The article...

Does Justice Alito Have a Majority Opinion in the Callais Voting Rights Case? If So, That’s Pretty Much a Worst-Case Scenario

From Adam Liptak: The justices hear arguments in seven two-week sittings between October and April. If the court hears nine arguments in one of...

I Spoke with NPR’s Here and Now about Trump’s Executive Order on Mail in Ballots

 Republicans Are Suing to Kill California’s Pro-Democratic Gerrymander. They Have a Huge Problem, Slate, Nov. 18, 2025 (with Matthew Cooke) The Supreme Court Just...

Quote of the Day

“It’s unconstitutional. The president doesn’t have any power to instruct the Postal Service on which mail to deliver and which mail not to...

Garrett Epps Takes Apart Alan Dershowitz’s Arguments that Trump Could Serve a Third Term

 Republicans Are Suing to Kill California’s Pro-Democratic Gerrymander. They Have a Huge Problem, Slate, Nov. 18, 2025 (with Matthew Cooke) The Supreme Court Just...

“‘Haters gonna hate’: A top FEMA official defends his claim that he was teleported”

CNN: The top official in charge of the federal government’s disaster response has taken to social media to double down on his claim that...

“Tina Peters, Colorado Election Denier, Will Have Prison Sentence Reconsidered”

NYT: A Colorado appeals court on Thursday overturned the prison sentence of Tina Peters, the most prominent election denier still behind bars for crimes...

“ActBlue May Have Misled Congress on Vetting Foreign Donations, Its Lawyers Warned”

NYT: In early 2025, a law firm working for ActBlue, the Democratic fund-raising behemoth, delivered the organization a startling warning. The firm concluded that ActBlue’s...

Lawsuits Filed Against Trump Mail-in Ballot Order

Politico: Democratic Party leaders filed suit Wednesday to block President Donald Trump’s attempt to limit voting by mail ahead of the midterm elections. Democrats argue...

Ohio Supreme Court, on 5-1 Vote, Strikes Down on First Amendment Grounds Judicial Conduct Prohibition on Judges Endorsing Candidates for Other Office, Even Though...

 Republicans Are Suing to Kill California’s Pro-Democratic Gerrymander. They Have a Huge Problem, Slate, Nov. 18, 2025 (with Matthew Cooke) The Supreme Court Just...

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