Instead of elevating the next generation of Black leaders, they hang on and often get primaried by younger non-Black candidates. Not a good situation. Further exacerbated by the weakening of the VRA
If you care about Black representation, you should be concerned that the oldest Dems running in 2026 are Black
Maxine Waters (87)
Jim Clyburn (85)
Frederica Wilson (83)
Emanuel Cleaver (81)
David Scott (80)
Alma Adams (79)
Sanford Bishop (79)
Al Green (78)
Bobby Scott (78)
Bennie Thompson (78)
This is a kind of echo of J. Gorsuch's remarks in the tariffs case about how once a president gets some power from Congress, it's very hard for Congress to reassert power over it even for another president
“Watson v. RNC: Six Flaws in the Argument that Federal Statutes Bar Mailing Ballots Through Election Day” electionlawblog.org?p=154639
“Former Bucks County man who voted twice for Trump convicted of voter fraud” electionlawblog.org?p=154637
Ken Paxton Floats Dropping Out of Texas Republican Senate Race if Senate Blows Up the Filibuster to Pass the Disenfranchising SAVE America Act electionlawblog.org?p=154631
“How Research–Practice Partnerships Can Strengthen Experiments Designed to Build Trust in American Elections” electionlawblog.org?p=154633
“GOP Sen. Steve Daines’ last-minute withdrawal from Senate race was meant to block Democrats from fielding a top-tier recruit” electionlawblog.org?p=154635
“An Assertive Supreme Court Turns to Curbing State Courts” electionlawblog.org?p=154629
“Virginia’s highest court says controversial redistricting proposal will go to voters as planned” electionlawblog.org?p=154625
“The Supreme Court questions the future of the Voting Rights Act; Proportional representation should be our answer” electionlawblog.org?p=154627
And Editorial Director @jessicahuseman.bsky.social went to Gillespie County to observe Republicans hand counting their ballots. Despite fewer ballots to count than in 2024, they still took nearly as long — sending their report to the Secretary of State after 5 a.m.
www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/0...
“GOP powerbroker in North Carolina, who led redistricting, trails in primary by two votes” electionlawblog.org?p=154616
NEW: Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubenstein (R) who prosecuted Tina Peters says Gov Jared Polis (D) giving Peters clemency "would be a gross injustice." Rubenstein points out that separate case cited by Polis to justify clemency misses the purpose of sentencing ranges.
March 31 (Rescheduled) Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar: “Myths and Facts About Contesting the 2026 Midterms Elections” electionlawblog.org?p=154370
The proposed rule says that if the state bar declines to defer to the DOJ investigation, the Attorney General "shall take appropriate action," which who even knows what that means. File a lawsuit? Stamp feet?
My Interview with Terry Gross on NPR’s “Fresh Air:” “President Trump is trying to make it harder to vote. Here’s why that matters” electionlawblog.org?p=154603
Webinar: “How the Trump administration could impact the 2026 midterms” electionlawblog.org?p=154606
Texas Democratic Primary: “Crockett, after warning of disenfranchisement, concedes to Talarico in Texas Senate race” electionlawblog.org?p=154608
Hundreds of voters showed up at the wrong polling place after the Dallas County GOP forced both parties to abandon countywide vote centers in the March primary.
www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/0...
These charges were not similar. Peters literally stole an innocent person’s identity and used it to illegally access systems protected by state law. And she remains unrepentant to this day.
Wild that the king of the North Carolina gerrymander, strongman Phil Berger, looks like he is cooked in the GOP state legislative primary.
My Interview with Terry Gross on NPR’s “Fresh Air:” “President Trump is trying to make it harder to vote. Here’s why that matters” electionlawblog.org?p=154603
My Interview with Terry Gross on NPR’s “Fresh Air:” “President Trump is trying to make it harder to vote. Here’s why that matters” electionlawblog.org?p=154603
“The Trump Administration Has No Legal Authority To Invoke National Security and Take Over Elections” electionlawblog.org?p=154601
Thank you! President Trump is trying to make it harder to vote. Here's why that matters
www.npr.org/2026/03/03/n...
BFD
Screenshot of excerpt from opinion that reads: "Despite this, the New York courts refused to stay the trial court’s order. After that highly questionable injunction was issued, the applicants filed appeals in both the Appellate Division (the State’s intermediate appellate court) and the Court of Appeals (its highest court) challenging the trial court’s order on federal constitutional grounds. At the same time, applicants asked both courts to stay the trial court’s order. The Appellate Division refused to issue a stay, and by order issued on February 11, the Court of Appeals sent the appeal filed in that court to the Appellate Division and dismissed applicants’ motions for a stay."
![With nowhere else to turn, the applicants asked us to issue a stay, and we have jurisdiction to entertain their application. Title 28 U. S. C. §1257(a) gives us jurisdiction to review “[f]inal judgments or decrees” that are rendered by a State’s highest court and adjudicate federal constitutional claims, and the Court of Appeals’ February 11 order falls
within that category.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nwnlnixtjh3qhkwpz2uy5uwv/bafkreibhhdcymq4dbg2pzqxsntooytqznjfgrztweju4jb5kdbqpsy6okq@jpeg)
With nowhere else to turn, the applicants asked us to issue a stay, and we have jurisdiction to entertain their application. Title 28 U. S. C. §1257(a) gives us jurisdiction to review “[f]inal judgments or decrees” that are rendered by a State’s highest court and adjudicate federal constitutional claims, and the Court of Appeals’ February 11 order falls within that category.
1/9: In the New York redistricting case, Justice Alito's justification for why #SCOTUS even had *jurisdiction* to issue a stay is based upon a remarkably misleading portrayal of the state court proceedings.
I realize this is technical, but I wanted to write a short thread to explain the shadiness:
I wrote last night about #SCOTUS's grants of emergency relief in the California transgender student and New York redistricting cases, and how the only thing uniting them (beyond the fact that they were issued simultaneously) is the Republican appointees' wholly unprincipled—and selective—impatience:
Breaking: Supreme Court Reverses Lower Court Order That Redrew Congressional Map in Staten Island, with Ominous Implications for Voting Rights Act electionlawblog.org?p=154596
