Commentary

Moore Cases, More Problems

Commentary
Aidan Calvelli
Mar 28, 2023, 9:45 AM

Walk the Line: The Razor Wire Local Politics of D.C. Statehood

Commentary
Eric Lynch
Mar 22, 2023, 10:20 AM

Congressional Insider Trading Deteriorates Democracy by Creating Distrust in Government

Commentary
Nicholas Gervasi
Mar 21, 2023, 12:00 PM

The Empire Strikes Back: Legislative and Executive Silencing of Voter Discontent

Commentary
Daniel Caballero
Mar 16, 2023, 10:15 AM

Post-Dobbs Leak and Supreme Court Ethics Reform

Commentary
Graham Streich
Mar 13, 2023, 8:15 AM

Mexican Congress Curtails Electoral Agency Power, Raising Questions for 2024 Election Integrity

Commentary
Sonia Montejano
Mar 6, 2023, 10:00 AM

De-Weaponizing the Federal Government

Commentary
Bruce A. Green & Rebecca Roiphe
Feb 28, 2023, 11:40 AM

Vol. 1, Issue No. 2

Rucho in the States: Districting Cases and the Nature of State Judicial Power

1 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 111
Chad M. Oldfather

Citizen Enforcement Laws Threaten Democracy

1 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 124
David A. Carrillo & Stephen M. Duvernay

Moore v. Harper and the Consequential Effects of the Independent State Legislature Theory

1 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 133
Chase Cooper

The Looming Threat of the Independent State Legislature Theory and the Erosion of the Voting Rights Act: It is Time to Enshrine the Right to Vote

1 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 151
Javon Davis

A Constitutional Right to Early Voting

1 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 177
David Schultz

A Modern-Day 3/5 Compromise: The Case for Finding Prison Gerrymandering Unconstitutional Under the Thirteenth Amendment

1 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 193
Shana Iden

A Government of Laws and Not of Men: Why Justice Brandeis Was Right to Assume Congress Can Constrain the President’s Removal Power

1 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 213
Danielle Rosenblum

De-class-ifying Microtargeted Political Advertising

1 Fordham L. Voting Rts. & Democracy F. 236
Jacob Kovacs-Goodman

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