The Elected Judge

By Matthew D. Kim. This Article explores whether elected judges' fear of electoral backlash for countermajoritarian decisions is justified. The results from survey experiments and a dataset of online and social media coverage suggest that voters value principled legal analysis and…
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The Virtues of Optional Legislation

By Jacob Bronsther & Guha Krishnamurthi. In this Article, the authors continue their work on a new solution to legislative dysfunction in Washington: optional legislation. Imagine that states could opt in to a new federal program—say, Universal Basic Income or Medicare…
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