I needed these words from @sifill.bsky.social today. I too will not accept defeat.

Depressing but true - it's both partisan hackery and racial discrimination. What a combo.

"More and more, this Court shows itself to be little more than a partisan tool engaged in results-oriented jurisprudence, despite protestations to the contrary." @rickhasen.bsky.social nailed it. I weep for democracy after last night's shadow docket ruling electionlawblog.org?p=156541

here's what i wrote

These judges are nurturing my soul. Justice is still possible in America! Democracy is limping, but surviving...

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if trump can't be audited ever, can't he now release all his tax returns? i realize it's a sideshow to the corruption circus, but still.

chef's kiss.

Raising the Flag Follow my work and writing on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com

PlanScore predicting an overall US House bias in favor of Republicans (more efficient conversion of votes into seats - not necessarily more total seats) after the VA decision yesterday planscore.org#!predict0-us.... Woof.

😂 I can’t even read this with a straight face 😂

Melanoma is no joke. Ask any Australian. Most of us know someone who died from melanoma (for me, my cousin). RFK needs to see the Australian Cancer Council's "there's nothing sexy about a tan" PSAs. Also, just my opinion here (no science involved): leathery tanned skin is gross.

Court reform now.

Court reform now.

Ridiculous. But sadly, not surprising.

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The Court's faith in districting algorithms in Callais is pretty stark to read against the "sociological gobbledygook" dismissed in Rucho.

This is where I’m at

well, fuck...

Loved my time at Lift Every Voice, thanks More Equitable Democracy!

Excited to share my new article: Building Local Power: Movement Law and State Voting Rights Acts (forthcoming Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review). 1/3 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Come work with @ruthgreenwood.bsky.social and me! Apply to be a Clinical Instructor in Harvard Law School's Election Law Clinic. The job offers amazing opportunities to litigate novel election law theories and train the next generation of election lawyers. careers.harvard.edu/job/clinical...

On Tuesday, the Florida city of Coral Gables will decide whether to align local elections with higher-turnout races in November. It’s one of several votes shaping local voting rights that we’re following this month:

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Feels like SCOTUS said "politicians not voters" in its Bost decision today. How can a candidate have standing to challenge rules after the election when Bill Whitford was denied standing to challenge the partisan gerrymander in Wisconsin? I can't help but see ends-motivated reasoning.

I want this! ASAP! Incredible thread and article

It’s always hard to return from sunny Sydney with my whole extended family to wintery Boston, but coffee in my favorite mug helps! Looking forward to litigating for fair maps with @lawfwd.bsky.social in 2026

Touched down in Sydney yesterday to hear of the tragic shooting at Bondi Beach. Just awful, but am also captivated by the incredible heroism of Ahmed Al Ahmed, a Syrian immigrant. He risked his life to save dozens of others. "Immigrants: we get the job done." www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Thank you @slate.com and Naomi Schopenhauer for this article. A huge problem with the Larry Summers emails had nothing to do with who was receiving them (Epstein), but that he would engage in such a disgusting abuse of his position at all. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Love this article on the work my students did to help us win our case in the New York Court of Appeals hls.harvard.edu/clinic-stori...

Incredibly proud to have won this case at the NY Court of Appeals on behalf of Black and Latino voters in the Town of Newburgh. The Town alleged the NY Voting RIghts Act is unconstitutional, but we (successfully) argued they lacked capacity to raise this argument. On to trial! tinyurl.com/et7rp8ak

You know how we can minimize ad hominem attacks like this over redistricting? Non-partisan redistricting commissions with partisan fairness requirements. Across the country.

Too soon

See the tool everyone is talking about: electionlawnavigator.org @statecourts.bsky.social #ElectionLawNavigator

My "how to stop authoritarianism" and "how to parent my toddler" reading lists have merged (though the outcome of f*&king up the latter is my toddler's bedtime gets later and later, not that an entire country suffers and backslides).

I never wanted the partisan gerrymandering wars, but if they're going to happen, then the winner should be an unbiased congress. And then that congress should enact legislation to outlaw partisan gerrymandering. Voters deserve far more than this madness. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

Yes to all this! Thanks @fishkin.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

🧵 Right on cue, prospective election losers are whining and delegitimizing American elections. Pro tip -- don't take advice on EVs from me, and definitely do NOT take election advice from an EV salesman. US elections are as secure as ever, and we know who legit wins. Some quick facts... /1

“They were careless people … they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."

Reading a Ted Kennedy quote about Robert Bork’s unsuitability for SCOTUS (from 1987), but it’s all a bit too close to home on this day of protest

I fear this is exactly what is going on.

“the constitution forbids race conscious remedies” would be news to the people who wrote the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments

As long SCOTUS is considering issues not properly before them in Callais, I'm all for giving representation to West Virginia Democrats and Illinois Republicans. Come on Court overule Rucho and let us bring partisan vote dilution claims while you're at it!

Thaddeus Stevens would like a word

Justice Kavanaugh in the Callais oral argument keeps alluding to some longstanding requirement of strict scrutiny that use of race have a time limit. This is invented.

Missed TV line opportunity by Sotomayor in Callais: "Last time you told us that you drew the map to protect incumbents, are you now walking that back?" -- could have been "were you lying then or are you lying now!"

Today Law Forward is continuing our challenge to Wisconsin's gerrymandered congressional maps. We're arguing this anti-competitive gerrymandering case deserves its day in court before a three-judge panel. Democracy demands fair maps. www.lawforward.org/wbl-v-wec/

I’m with Chemerinsky on this one www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Reading a biography of Sam Rayburn and this stands out as (unfortunate) ancient history