BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

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Every American over the age of ten knows this is an attempt to suppress voting.

Eligible voters of the United States! The @npr.org voter registration guide has been updated to help get you ready for the 2026 primary elections. You can find deadlines and the links you need to register and check your registration status at npr.org/vote

On Lincoln's birthday, it's useful to remember he believed the primary goal of the American experiment was to guarantee "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" and the best way to achieve that goal was through free and fair elections. It's basically the thesis of the Gettysburg Address. 1/2

The speech is so well known, we often don't absorb its meaning. Lincoln speech opens stating clearly that the Revolution was to preserve equality and ends saying rule of, by, and for the people is what preserves it. See for yourself 2/2 constitutioncenter.org/the-constitu...

Playing the grinch at the 250th. washingtonmonthly.com/2026/02/05/p...

Trump’s proposal for an election takeover is rightly being rejected; I gave comment for this story on the issue: www.news5cleveland.com/news/politic...

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has cleared the way for California to use its new congressional map for this year’s midterm election. Voters approved it as a Democratic counterresponse to Texas’ new map, which could help Republicans win five more U.S. House seats www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Sisyphus leaving for vacation

And as if on cue: www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

I blame @badgercult.bsky.social for this thread.

I don’t often rep (more or less agree with) David Brooks, but his NYT opinion piece that openly imagines how the President’s election fraud disinformation can (easily) be weaponized to subvert the 2026 election caught my attention www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...

NY Times opinion page finally catches on.

Absolutely reprehensible that AG Bondi is offering ICE stand down in exchange for access to voting rolls. Outrageous and disgusting. It shows ICE is in Minneapolis is not for law enforcement purposes. Instead it’s a way to stir up shit in blue states and extort them.

And here we go….

Extending 42 USC 1983 to federal officers has become a moral necessity.

BREAKING: A panel of federal judges has refused to block California’s new congressional map, which could help Democrats win five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterm election. The state’s Republican Party is expected to appeal to the Supreme Court www.courtlistener.com/docket/71875...

Yes yes yes yes yes 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Restoring Bivens rights: one bill "would allow citizens to sue for damages resulting from constitutional violations committed by federal officers," while the other "would create a cause of action against federal law enforcement agencies and police depts for constitutional violations."

GOP's in court this week trying to overturn California's redistricting effort. Will SCOTUS playball or is the goose good for the gander? voting rights expert @atibaellis.bsky.social joined #RaceClass Pod for #emergency call abt #votingrights #redistricting #colorblindness www.raceclasspodcast.com

I gave comments for this story about the proposal to ban dual citizenship in the US

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to discuss how it will handle a North Dakota case and a Mississippi case on whether private individuals and groups — whose lawsuits have been the main way of enforcing the Voting Rights Act’s Section 2 — can keep suing. ICYMI:

Similar to @maybell.bsky.social i want to think about the SHIP

ICYMI — please feel free to attend live in Berkeley or via zoom. Link below

ICYMI: audio and video commenting on the consequences of the #supremecourt ruling on the Voting Rights Act www.npr.org/2025/10/15/n... #votingrights #redistricting #gerrymandering #race #VRA

Where we stand, in long arc of history: -Story on left, adding race as a factor when that favors white people. -Story on right, banning race as a factor when that favors non-whites. I often complain about NYT headlines and story-play. But these are strong. Including "If Court Guts 1965 Law."

Join us Oct. 16 at 12:30 PM EST for a teleforum hosted by FSU's Election Law Center! Panelists Amy Howe,@atibaellis, @Nedfoley, and Jason Torchinsky will unpack the U.S. Supreme Court's oral argument in Louisiana v. Callais RSVP: bit.ly/3KpGs8j

Your “read this” for today from @hansilowang.bsky.social of @npr.org: the stakes in today’s oral argument about Louisiana and the future of the Voting Rights Act

Join us on Tue, Oct 21, at 4 p.m. for a hybrid event with @atibaellis.bsky.social: "The 'Vicious Voter' Myth and the Racial Authoritarianism in American Law" 📍 2111 Bancroft Way, #104, Berkeley & on Zoom Register today: bit.ly/AtibaEllis

Watching downloads of my podcasts there is a 3 way tie among @atibaellis.bsky.social & @jennifertaub.com & @hcrichardson.bsky.social break the tie here: m.soundcloud.com/profciara

Learn about how racism and voting are linked here from @atibaellis.bsky.social m.soundcloud.com/profciara/de... #race #voting #laraza #votingrights #felony #blacksky #disenfranchisement #civildeath ⛓️‍💥🗳️⚖️👇🏾 m.soundcloud.com/profciara/de...

In honor of its 60th anniversary today, I was just on C-SPAN this morning to do a quick explainer of the past, present, and future of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. #VRA #VotingRights #democracy www.c-span.org/program/wash...

Thoughts on July, Reconstruction, and a New Birth of Freedom I have a habit of memorializing July 3, 1863 -- the end date of the Battle of Gettysburg. When I'm home, I will usually stream Episode Five of… http://atibaellis.com/2025/07/04/thoughts-on-july-reconstruction-and-a-new-birth-of-freedom/

Justice Jackson's big picture view -- A Martian arriving here from another planet would see these circumstances and surely wonder: “what good is the Constitution, then?” www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p... #injunctions

The fact that the Court set LA v. Callas for re-argument is giving me "we need a minute bc we're lining it up to be a blockbuster opinion" vibes. But that is worrisome for the viability of the VRA, especially in this era of robust "colorblindness" ideology from the Court.

W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee: “Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”

Just to be absolutely clear: Trump may not run for a third term. The Constitution bars it. The language is not open to debate. 22nd Amendment: "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice"

This EO is a good reminder that everyone in the DC area should see The Shape of Power at SAAM. It's a fascinating show, and also a way of standing up to the philistines.

I am honored to be delivering the Cannon Lecture at the University of Toledo on Wednesday, March 26th. The title of my talk is "Democracy and Inclusion in the Post-Civil Rights Era." More information is available at the link. www.utoledo.edu/law/events/c...

Road to the VRA: 60 years ago today, LBJ holds a Rose Garden press conference to announce that he will send a new voting rights bill to Congress tomorrow. LBJ tells reporters, “Wherever there is discrimination, this law will strike down all restrictions used to deny people the right to vote.”

Our panel is live now!

The 3rd panel at 1pm entitled "Individual Rights and Democratic Participation" features: - @profciara.bsky.social, Stetson Law - Eugene Mazo, @duquesneuniversity.bsky.social - @atibaellis.bsky.social, @casewestern.bsky.social - Panel Moderator: @loriringhand.bsky.social, Georgia Law (2/3)

Excited to be part of this timely and important event

I'm going on in just a a few minutes (7:10 ET) to talk about the constitutional crisis and the state of democracy today. Take a listen at the link below . . . . www.youtube.com/live/fDB2nps...