After a Cascade of Republican States Left ERIC, What Comes Next?
Following a conspiracy-laden article, nine Republican-led states departed from ERIC without any sufficient plan to replace it.
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The Right’s Dangerous and Unreliable Alternative to ERIC
A little known group is seeking to replace ERIC with an amateurish and unreliable program powered by GOP vigilantes.
140 Judges Later: Senate Democrats Work To Diversify the Federal Judiciary
With the 140 historic confirmations, including that of Ketanji Brown Jackson, Biden is outpacing his predecessors by diversifying the federal judiciary in terms of gender, race and professional backgrounds.
Here Are the Leading Reforms to the Federal Judiciary
From relatively minor institutional changes to large-scale structural overhauls, here are the leading federal judiciary ref
A New Day Comes With a New Liberal Majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court
For the first time in 15 years, a liberal majority holds the court which could mean true progress for democracy in and out of the state.
After the U.S. Supreme Court Ended Its Term, Experts and Elected Officials React
Elected officials, experts, activists and litigants react to the diverging decisions from the recent SCOTUS term.
Breaking Down the Supreme Court’s Opinion Rejecting a Fringe, Undemocratic Theory
Today, the Court ruled that state legislatures aren’t free to draw congressional maps free from constraints. In doing so, the Court turned back a major threat to American democracy that could have upended elections across the country.
Tennessee’s Expulsions Expose the ISL Theory’s Dark Side
What happened in Tennessee last week undermines a key premise pushed by supporters of the ISL theory and underscores precisely how dangerous it could be if adopted by the Court.
Democracy Docket’s Voices of 2022
This year, we published 38 guest authors on a range of issues facing voters written by activists, elected officials, experts and more. We also launched a candidate Q&A series. Today, we look back at the voices of 2022.
Voting Won at the Polls This Year
Voters in 10 other states weighed in on democracy-related ballot measures. Now that the dust has settled and (most) of the results are in, here’s what happened to those measures in this year’s elections.
