A recent issue of the Alabama Law Review includes the following pieces: Michael J. Pitts, Re-Legislating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act Daniel P. Tokaji, Racist Voting Judge J. Michelle Childs, ...

I’ll post some academic pieces over the weekend. First up, Leonard C. Brahin in the Barry Law Review: Evidentiary and substantive presumptions are a well-established tool that courts employ when ...

Bolivia’s electoral tribunal on Friday included leftist Senate leader Andrónico Rodríguez on the list of presidential candidates approved for the ballot but excluded the powerful former socialist ...

In an unusually timed orders list, the Supreme Court with no noted dissents turned down RNC v. Genser. As I’ve repeatedly written, if the Supreme Court is going to clarify the independent state ...

A man falsely accused of voting fraud in the conspiracy film “2000 Mules” tried to hold its producers responsible Friday, asking a federal judge to rule in his favor. But the moviemakers, including ...

Democratic state attorneys general and government lawyers argued Friday over the implications of President Donald Trump’s proposed overhaul of U.S. elections and whether the changes could be made in ...

The decision in Christian Ministerial Alliance v. Thurston, written by Judge Stras on the Eighth Circuit and joined by two district court judges, is here.