I have posted this draft for an upcoming conference on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The collapse of campaign finance ...

The Griffin lawsuit has ping-ponged between state and federal courts for nearly six months and is currently pending in federal court. Ultimately, this case could endure all the way to the U.S. Supreme ...

Voting means (swimming) costume party It has become a tradition – especially in surfing communities – to vote in their swimwear. Here is a young lady voting in “Surfers Paradise”. Yes, that is the ...

Donald Trump’s appointees at the Department of Justice have removed all of the senior civil servants working as managers in the department’s voting section and directed attorneys to dismiss all active ...

NYT: The lone Republican vote in the Senate last month to protect consumers from bank overdraft fees came from an unlikely Democratic ally: Senator Josh Hawley, the archconservative from Missouri best ...

Politico: A new club is coming to Washington — and you probably can’t get in. Donald Trump Jr., megadonor Omeed Malik and several other investors are launching an invite-only club that costs more than ...

NOTUS: The Federal Election Commission will soon lose its powers to enforce and regulate campaign finance laws, NOTUS has learned. This de facto FEC shutdown will be triggered when Republican ...

Independent: A Washington state Democrat came under fire during a town hall after backing a bill that would require voters to prove their citizenship when casting a ballot. On Thursday, U.S.

It was a Sunday in late October 2024 when Jesus Rodriguez, then 29, voted for the first time. He voted in person for the presidential and state races, but his polling place wasn’t at a church, school ...

Nearly six months after the North Carolina Supreme Court election took place, the contest still hasn’t been called and a winner still hasn’t been certified. That’s almost entirely due to a barrage of ...

NYT: As Elon Musk sought to reassure Wall Street analysts on Tuesday that he would soon scale back his work with the federal government, the strain of his situation was audible in his voice. The world ...

President Donald Trump raised a record $239 million for his 2025 inauguration celebrations, propelled by contributions from corporations and ultra-wealthy individuals — including more than a dozen ...