The Supreme Court called it chaos then. What does it call it now?
The shadow docket has grown in scope and importance in a range of areas of the law. But none has been as important or as overlooked as the area of redistricting.
Marc Elias
As the founder of Democracy Docket and Partner at Elias Law Group, Marc Elias is a nationally recognized authority in voting rights, redistricting and law. In 2020, Marc led the historic legal effort to protect voting rights, winning over 60 lawsuits against the GOP’s efforts to suppress the vote. As Republicans continue to mount aggressive challenges to voting, Marc continues to fight back in court and on Twitter. Fighting for democracy by his side is Marc’s Portuguese Water Dog named Blue.
Democrats must gerrymander to save democracy
Redistricting is, in nearly every respect, a zero-sum game. When you remove a guardrail, the consequences are immediate and trigger others.
I will not lower my voice
The media’s insistence that Trump’s critics are part of the problem gives cover to false equivalence — treating his lawlessness as one side of a legitimate debate.
In Virginia, Republicans attack the map and the right to vote
Despite the will of the voters, Republicans have turned to the courts to overturn the election and discard the results.
I’ve been in this fight for 10 years. Last night, we won.
The citizens of Virginia voted for a new map that will net Democrats an additional 4 congressional seats.
One day in the fight for democracy
The Trump administration badly wants these records from all 50 states and has sued 30 states that refused its demands. My law firm is fighting the DOJ in all of them.
These 30 cases will determine the future of our elections
Donald Trump has spent his week making deranged threats to world peace. Meanwhile, I’ve been focusing on defending voters in Idaho.
I have 89 cases in court and one message: Don’t despair.
I have spent a decade fighting against Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine our elections.
Trump isn’t flooding the zone. He’s trying to wear us down.
It is often said that Trump’s strategy is to overwhelm us by flooding the zone. I think it is more accurate to say his strategy is to grind it out and wear us down.
No kings
On Saturday, when millions of Americans took to the streets and declared “no kings,” they were objecting to Donald Trump’s disregard for these constitutional limitations.
