The Yale Law Journal

Richard L. Hasen

Feature

The Stagnation, Retrogression, and Potential Pro-Voter Transformation of U.S. Election Law

Richard L. Hasen

This Feature describes the stagnation and retrogression of election-law doctrine, politics, and theory, explains why these trends have emerged, and explores how to transform election law in a pro-voter direction. This pro-voter approach is grounded in political equality, engaging legal doctrine, pol…

Forum

Ending Court Protection of Voters from the Initiative Process

Richard L. Hasen

When journalists write their stories about state ballot propositions in the 2006 election, they likely will focus on South Dakota’s abortion rights referendum, Michigan’s affirmative action measure, or the variety of eminent domain measures reacting to the Supreme Court’s Kelo decision. But th…