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In Common Cause v. Rucho, Chief Justice Roberts pointed to the significant reforms to redistricting that had been taking place in the states, as a way of asserting that the federal courts and ...
Politico: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation into a political organization led by former presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke for helping Texas Democrats block newly proposed ...
I’ve written about two big election stories this week, the newly ignited redistricting wars starting in Texas and the Supreme Court’s strong signal that it could kill off the Section 2 by next June.
I did this Q&A with Mike Albertus on the ongoing battle over mid-decade re-redistricting. Here are some excerpts: Texas is trying to redraw its congressional district plan, in the middle of the decade ...
Politico: Redistricting ahead of the 2026 midterms is at the center of the political universe this week, and Vice President JD Vance’s visit to Indiana on Thursday is a big signal the White House ...
Illinois, a Democratic state, was supposed to be a haven, but Texas Democrats have been unable to escape escalating legal and political threats that have gone further and come faster than many of them ...
MAGA Inc., the main super PAC supporting President Trump, raised $198.9 million between the election and the end of June. The fundraising spree is unprecedented just months into a president’s term, ...
As President Donald Trump looks to increase the Republican majority in Congress, Indiana Gov. Mike Braun confirmed on Tuesday that Vice President JD Vance will come to Indianapolis — likely to make a ...
According to some of the most prominent scholars in the field, the answer is yes. Earlier this year, Nick Stephanopoulos, ...
Great conversation with Jane Coaston. You can listen here. We discussed my recent Slate piece, The Just Signaled Something Deeply Disturbing About the Next Term.
On first blush, the fund-raising solicitation sure looked like it was coming from US Senator Adam Schiff, the California Democrat well known for tangling with Donald Trump. “Hi — this is Adam Schiff,” ...