elections
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Correct, but Wrong
Thoughts on the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the challenge to Ontario’s interference in the Toronto municipal elections Continue reading
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Telling People Whom to Vote for
An illiberal community seeks to dictate its members’ votes. How can, and should, the law respond ― and quite how different are liberal democracies anyway? Continue reading
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Keeping Faith
A master class in public meaning originalism, delivered by the US Supreme Court’s Justice Elena Kagan Continue reading
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Anglin: Administrative Lawmaking
How administrators could make law in the dark of night. Continue reading
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Constitutionalism from the Cave
The constitution is a binding law, not just an incomplete statement of political ideals Continue reading
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Deuxième Moisson
Tout comme il y a quatre ans, le DGE essaie de censurer une intervention de la société civile dans la campagne électorale québécoise Continue reading
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Not That Kind of Voting
What New Zealand’s Electoral Commission’s attempt to boost turnout gets wrong about voting, and what we can learn from it Continue reading
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The Law of Permanent Campaigning
Election law might have help create permanent campaigns. Can it be used to solve their problems? Continue reading
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Selfie Slow-Down
I have already blogged about one American judicial decision on the constitutionality of a “ballot selfie” ban, which has since been upheld on appeal by the Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit. And I have also written about the history of the secret ballot, which in my view explains why measures to protect ballot secrecy ― Continue reading
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Permanent Censorship, Again
Ontario’s proposal for regulating pre-campaign political spending is wrong Earlier this week, The Globe and Mail reported that the Ontario government is proposing to introduce legislation that would limit the flow of private money into the political process (and introduce public subsidies to political parties). There is no bill yet, as the government is consulting Continue reading
Double Aspect 