Little is known about what the president intends to do Wednesday, but some experts aren't taking it lightly.Source: Trump’s ‘Fake News Awards’ could violate ethics rules...
On Tuesday, a panel of federal judges struck down North Carolina’s congressional map, ruling it an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.Source: Will the Court Kill the Gerrymander?...
This San Francisco Chronicle article quotes several leaders of the California Republican Party on the problem that the top-two system will likely result in no Republican appearing on the November 2018 ballot.Source: California Republican Party Leaders Fret About Likelihood of No Republican on November Ballot for Governor...
Today, after the Citizens United ruling, dark money floods elections nationwide, but Montanans are standing up to stop history from repeating itself in a struggle that has the potential to change the way elections happen nationwide.Source: “Dark Money” Documentary Selected for Sundance Film Festival...
In the late spring of 2011, Dale Schultz walked the short block in Madison from his State Senate office in the Wisconsin Capitol to the glass-paneled building of Michael Best & Friedrich, a law firm with deep ties to his Republican Party.Source: The New Front in the Gerrymandering Wars: Democracy vs. Math...
Outside contributors' opinions and analysis of the most important issues in politics, science, and culture. In June, the Supreme Court agreed to hear its first partisan gerrymandering case in more than a decade. This case, Gill v.Source: The research that convinced SCOTUS to take the Wisconsin gerrymandering case, explained...
The application for stay presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is granted, and it is ordered that the order of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, case Nos.Source: Breaking: Supreme Court, with Two Dissents, Stays Order to Redraw Congressional Districts After Lower Court Finding of a Partisan Gerrymander...
The FBI is investigating whether a top Russian banker with ties to the Kremlin illegally funneled money to the National Rifle Association to help Donald Trump win the presidency, two sources familiar with the matter have told McClatchy.Source: FBI investigating whether Russian money went to NRA to help Trump...
When he shut down his controversial voter integrity commission, President Trump went to Twitter, as he is wont to do, and argued the need for voter identification. He’s right, we should have a voter ID system.Source: I agree with Donald Trump, we should have voter ID. Here's how and why....
