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I'm With Newsom Aug. 23, 2025
I don't always say that. Sometimes the California governor and would-be 2028 contender drives me sli... Read More
Alabama, Wisconsin Provide Latest Examples of GOP's Anti-Democracy Obstinance Sep. 14, 2023
The determination of too many elected Republicans around the country to hold power by any underhande... Read More
Dems' Voting Rights Scam Oct. 12, 2022
Democrats and their media allies are sounding the alarm that the Supreme Court is "dismantling" the ... Read More
This Partisan Supreme Court Might Remove the Guardrails That Held on Jan. 6 Jul. 07, 2022
While wrapping up a term in which it denied biological autonomy to women, loosened gun restrictions ... Read More
Redistricting Proved To Be Much Ado About Not Very Much May. 06, 2022
The congressional redistricting wars are mostly over. Much of the hoopla surrounding it is proving o... Read More
GOP 'Gerrymandering' is 'Racist' -- Obama-mandering is Just Politics Feb. 24, 2022
The term "gerrymander" derives from Elbridge Gerry, a Founding Father and vice president who, as gov... Read More
Gerrymandering Nov. 20, 2021
The most famous person from my hometown of Marblehead, Massachusetts, is a former vice president of ... Read More
In Post-Census Fight for Seats, Both Parties Play the Dirty Gerrymandering Game Oct. 07, 2021
The post-census redistricting process now underway around the country presents an important test for... Read More
Once Again, Redistricting Promises to Throttle Democracy Sep. 17, 2021
It's a redistricting year in the blue state of Illinois, which means that Republicans are getting le... Read More
Scaredy-Cats Eat Their Own May. 15, 2021
The decision of the Republican House, led by Kevin McCarthy, an otherwise sane person, to oust Liz C... Read More
Chief Justice Wisely Gets Courts out of Redistricting Politics Jul. 05, 2019
"Partisan gerrymandering is nothing new," writes Chief Justice John Roberts near the beginning of hi... Read More
Maybe Try Winning Jun. 28, 2019
On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court ruled that partisan gerrymandering is a non-justiciable... Read More
A Dark Truth Emerges About Why a Citizenship Question Was Sought on the Census. Jun. 05, 2019
The computer hard drives of a deceased Republican political operative have revealed, indisputably, t... Read More
What's the Matter With Virginia? May. 07, 2019
LEXINGTON, Va. — Clare Perry considers herself a Democrat. Grayson Pearce is a Republican. She... Read More
Another Chance to End Gerrymandering Jan. 14, 2019
Last June, the Supreme Court fumbled an opportunity to deal a deathblow to political gerrymandering,... Read More
To Limit Gerrymandering, Supreme Court Needs Just to Reaffirm Equal Population Requirement Sep. 29, 2017
Next week, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Gill v. Whitford, a case challenging Wiscons... Read More
A Polarized Public? No. A Polarizing System Jul. 06, 2017
American politics is a bicycle with a rusty chain, flat tires and no brakes. It's broken, and it's n... Read More
Is Partisan Gerrymandering Unconstitutional? Dec. 01, 2016
Ronald Reagan was president when Michael Madigan, a Democrat, became speaker of the Illinois House i... Read More
Supreme Court Grapples, Once Again, With Redistricting Dec. 29, 2015
Fifty-one years ago the Supreme Court handed down its one-person-one-vote decision, requiring that w... Read More
Court's Ruling Paves Way for People to Take Back Their Government Jul. 17, 2015
One of the most important Supreme Court decisions in a flurry of historic ones late last month was o... Read More
