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.
"At this point, it is pretty much a fact that Puerto Rico is a colony of the United States," says one observer.
The Weapons of Mass Delusion author says election-deniers like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert may be the Republicans' future.
Weapons of Mass Delusion author Robert Draper says Republicans need a massive reality check.
Partisan outrage over Sarah Palin's defeat shouldn't obscure the obvious benefits of better voting systems.
Plus: The editors field a question on U.S. ballot counting and talk more on Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover.
And is this a good precedent to be setting?
Abolishing party-specific primary elections makes a lot of sense, and might help steer American democracy back towards the center.
GOP politicians lied in order to exploit public ignorance. That dynamic is just one particularly egregious example of the broader danger widespread voter ignorance and bias.
Plus: Peter Suderman may or may not attempt a rendition of a famous rap from the movie Bulworth.
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If we go through one election cycle after another and every loser unjustifiably cries fraud, eventually the claim will cease to impress.
An interesting echo, I think, of NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware (1982).
Despite that evidence, it is hard to tell whether Trump actually thought he beat Biden.
Many opponents, including the president, criticized the law in misleading terms, obscuring its very real issues.
Despite the state's law allowing no third-party House candidates to get on the ballot in 60 years, the Court declined to hear the case.
The long, weird history of partisan electoral shenanigans
The bill is similar to that drafted by a bipartisan group of senators. Either version, or a reconciliation between the two, would be a major step forward relative to the status quo.
New Hampshire Republican candidates get a leg up from expensive Democratic ad buys.
Biden says Republicans are plotting a repeat of 2020 in 2024. Maybe Congress should do something to prevent that?
Blaming the ballot system ignores the fact that many Alaskans simply did not think the former governor really represented them.
Sixth post in the symposium on the National Constitution Center "Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy" project. Edward Foley of Team Progressive highlights some points of agreement between the three reports.
The measure will be on the ballot, but depending on how the state Supreme Court rules, the votes may just not be counted.
Mary Peltola will only be the third Democrat, as well as the first Native Alaskan, to represent Alaska since it became a state.
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