A broad coalition of civil rights groups and think tanks, including Reason Foundation, say that Mississippi's "mandatory, permanent, and effectively irrevocable" voting ban for certain offenders violates the Constitution.
The former White House chief of staff is one of several former Trump advisers who are cooperating with prosecutors.
The election conspiracy theorist struck a deal that allows her to avoid prison by testifying for the prosecution.
If Joe Manchin or Larry Hogan thinks he’ll be elected on a No Labels ticket, he’ll be sorely disappointed.
Trump is still a runaway favorite, even when using a vote-counting technique that's meant to make it more difficult for unpopular candidates to win elections.
Economist Tyler Cowen elaborates on some of the reasons why. The root of the problem is that voters have poor incentives to become well-informed and evaluate information objectively.
Those sounding the loudest alarms about possible shutdowns are largely silent when Congress ignores its own budgetary rules. All that seems to matter is that government is metaphorically funded.
Plus: A listener asks whether younger generations are capable of passing reforms to entitlement spending.
Since Congress won't cut spending, an independent commission may be the only way to rein in the debt.
The two alleged racketeers complain that irrelevant evidence concerning distinct, uncoordinated conduct aimed at keeping Donald Trump in office will impair their defense.
Plus: First Amendment experts talk about age verification laws, fentanyl fact check, and more…
The next presidential election may be between the two men. Can't we do better?
The defendants will claim their alleged "racketeering activity" was a sincere effort to rectify election fraud.
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Plus: A listener inquires about the potential positive effects of ranked-choice voting reforms.
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Republicans who participated in the scheme say they relied on legal advice grounded in historical precedent.
Eager for the adulation of Trump supporters, the former Fox News host suggests that rigged election software delivered a phony victory to Joe Biden.
That issue is central to Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation of the former president's response to Joe Biden's victory.
Will the Beaver State join Maine and Alaska?
It did so in today's Voting Rights Act ruling in Allen v. Milligan. This holding has implications for other cases where litigants attempt to overturn statutory precedents, especially longstanding ones.
Liberal political commentator Matt Yglesias explains why these problems are far from being confined to the right side of the political spectrum.
Leading expert on political ignorance and housing comments on evidence indicating that ignorance, not self-interest, is at the root of most opposition to zoning reform.
The former president reminds us that claiming unbridled executive power is a bipartisan tendency.
The authors raise some reasonable issues. But they misunderstand both the libertarians they critique and the problem of political ignorance itself.
The former president says he did not solicit election fraud; he merely tried to correct a "rigged" election. And he says he did not illegally retain government records, because they were his property.
Americans’ opinions are more nuanced than headlines suggest, leaving little room for total bans.
What is the relationship between liberty and democracy?
Pretrial rulings recognized the falsity of the election-fraud claims that the outlet aired and rejected three of its defenses.
If Congress wants to stave off such far-reaching demands, it should start behaving in ways that inspire more public confidence.
The noted Georgetown political philosopher offers a valuable overview of the political theory of the strengths and weaknesses of democracy.
Big corporations and entire industries constantly use their connections in Congress to get favors, no matter which party is in power.
Jenna Ellis admitted that she made 10 false claims while representing the former president and his campaign.
According to a recent report, the system Palin once said was "so weird" that it "results in voter suppression" worked just as well as intended.
Contrary to the Supreme Court's First Amendment precedents, Donald Trump thinks harsh criticism of the president should be actionable.
Although Rupert Murdoch admits that Lou Dobbs and other hosts "endorsed" the "stolen election" narrative, Fox's lawyers insist that is not true.
Mark Brnovich left office without issuing a final report, according to documents released by his successor.
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The Fox Business host stood out as a champion of the baroque conspiracy theory that implicated Dominion Voting Systems in election fraud.
Hosts and producers privately called Trump lawyer Sidney Powell's claims "complete bs," "insane," and "unbelievably offensive."
A new study challenges the conventional wisdom on voter ID laws.
On a ranked choice ballot, voters can rank every candidate in a given race. Over time, that could lead more voters to consider candidates outside the two parties.
The proposal is "about behavior modification," argued state Sen. Patty Kuderer, likening the government's role in promoting voting to that of a parent.
Brad Raffensperger compares President Joe Biden and Sen. Raphael Warnock to Donald Trump.
After a bruising Senate loss, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is open to alternatives.
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