Voting for a member of Congress is a fundamental civic duty for most Americans. Every two years, citizens choose their preferred candidate, typically the same one they previously supported, and the candidate with the most votes represents them and their neighbors in the House of Representatives. Usually, the winning candidate belongs to either the Republican …
The Supreme Court’s rejection of the independent state legislature theory reflects a cautious approach by the conservative majority justices. This theory, proposed by North Carolina Republicans in an attempt to disregard a ruling against their partisan gerrymandering, claimed that only state legislatures had the authority to set federal election rules, excluding other state actors such …
A decade of disappointment has conditioned Black Americans and Democrats to fear voting rights rulings from the Supreme Court. In 2013, a majority vote of 5-4 invalidated a core principle of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Since then, subsequent decisions have further deteriorated the law, culminating in a 2019 ruling that federal courts have …
Depending on whom you ask in politics, the sudden advances in artificial intelligence will either transform American democracy for the better or bring about its ruin. At the moment, the doomsayers are louder. Voice-impersonation technology and deep-fake videos are scaring campaign strategists, who fear that their deployment in the days before the 2024 election could …