From Niels Petersen's “Supporting Democracy by Fixing the Asylum System” -

From "The Future of Norms" by Richard L. Revesz @nyulaw.bsky.social:

"... and constitutional hardball will come from the inherent instability of the political coalitions that constitute the parties."

"...counsel despair, but it does suggest that our current troubles aren’t entirely the doing of contemporary actors & circumstances. And, it suggests that the path out of the current polarization..."

"As important as the topic of democratic decline over the past generation is, it’s natural to ask about how the current situation fits into the larger arc of American political history. When we answer this question, we see patterns repeating, or at least history rhyming. This doesn’t necessarily..."

"...& Wall Street, & more supportive of a wealth tax & expanded federal health coverage. But the existence of 2 major populist parties, each of whom rejects the legitimacy of the other, vying for control of the fed gov portends even greater divisiveness & dysfunctionality than we’ve seen so far."

@smotus.bsky.social: "What would a left-populist takeover of the Democratic Party look like? It would have notable differences from the MAGA movement. It would be far more eager to push for stronger econ regulations, far less interested in courting the favor of wealthy leaders in Silicon Valley..."

"...States should amend their laws to significantly narrow the circumstances in which recounts take place."

@derektmuller.bsky.social: "America has a recount problem. State recount laws too often invite costly, unnecessary delays that undermine confidence in elections without changing outcomes. Losing candidates prolong the contest and sell false hope in fundraising pleas...."

"...and sometimes even unseating them altogether...[T]his type of anti-democratic power stripping undercuts elections and compromises basic principles of democratic accountability"

Kang: "In a free and fair democracy, the rules of the election need to be set before the election, but a few partisan state legislatures have begun trying to effectively change the election results after the fact when their candidates lose—shrinking the powers of newly elected officeholders..."

From Briffault's "The Threat to Government Ethics":

"...and consistency of primary voters. The best way to do this is to hold all congressional and state primaries (though not necessarily presidential primaries) on the same day: a National Primary Day." - Boatright & Tolbert

"Today, fewer than twenty percent of Americans vote in primaries. Primary voters are unrepresentative of the population, registered voters, and even the other members of their parties...To improve primaries, we must increase the participation, representativeness..."