Marci Harris
@marcidale.bsky.social
POPVOX Inc / POPVOX Foundation cofounder; JD/LLM; former congress staffer; past fellowships at HKS Ash Center, New America; taught poli sci / public policy at SJSU, USF
With the exception of people like @schwarzenegger.bsky.social (who has shown great integrity in championing redistricting commissions in blue *and* red states), these often become "orphan reforms" with no sustaining champions
July 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
With the exception of people like @schwarzenegger.bsky.social (who has shown great integrity in championing redistricting commissions in blue *and* red states), these often become "orphan reforms" with no sustaining champions
"This dynamic is not unique to redistricting. It applies to voting access, ethics rules, campaign finance laws, and more. When only some jurisdictions play by reformed rules, they risk ceding advantage to those who don’t."
July 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"This dynamic is not unique to redistricting. It applies to voting access, ethics rules, campaign finance laws, and more. When only some jurisdictions play by reformed rules, they risk ceding advantage to those who don’t."
REALLY ominous crossing of a threshold here with Grok going even beyond passive bias to actually *asserting* a point of view and issuing calls to action
July 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
REALLY ominous crossing of a threshold here with Grok going even beyond passive bias to actually *asserting* a point of view and issuing calls to action
How does one get on this mailing list?
July 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
How does one get on this mailing list?
My very non-ag boyfriend when I ask if he knows what that machine is cutting the wheat:
“I dunno.. a wheat Zamboni?” 😂😂😂
“I dunno.. a wheat Zamboni?” 😂😂😂
July 3, 2025 at 8:13 AM
My very non-ag boyfriend when I ask if he knows what that machine is cutting the wheat:
“I dunno.. a wheat Zamboni?” 😂😂😂
“I dunno.. a wheat Zamboni?” 😂😂😂
One point I appreciated the opportunity to make: the important role of civil society to show what is possible and "de-risk" the use of AI in public info contexts — "publishing beta assistants under clear disclaimers, offering free public access, and gathering real-world feedback"
May 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
One point I appreciated the opportunity to make: the important role of civil society to show what is possible and "de-risk" the use of AI in public info contexts — "publishing beta assistants under clear disclaimers, offering free public access, and gathering real-world feedback"
Started the day talking AI in legislatures with the organizers of AFRIPAL — the first African Parliaments Conference coming this June in Kampala
www.linkedin.com/pulse/beyond...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/beyond...
May 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Started the day talking AI in legislatures with the organizers of AFRIPAL — the first African Parliaments Conference coming this June in Kampala
www.linkedin.com/pulse/beyond...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/beyond...
I was happy to join Hannah Muzee this morning to record a podcast previewing the first AFRIPAL conference, which will convene in Kampala from June 8–10.
We explored how AI can help parliaments overcome the perennial "pacing problem."
www.linkedin.com/pulse/beyond...
We explored how AI can help parliaments overcome the perennial "pacing problem."
www.linkedin.com/pulse/beyond...
May 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I was happy to join Hannah Muzee this morning to record a podcast previewing the first AFRIPAL conference, which will convene in Kampala from June 8–10.
We explored how AI can help parliaments overcome the perennial "pacing problem."
www.linkedin.com/pulse/beyond...
We explored how AI can help parliaments overcome the perennial "pacing problem."
www.linkedin.com/pulse/beyond...
One thing I love about the replica Senate Floor at the EM Kennedy Center in Boston is the big screen behind the dais & digital voting screens (both of which do not *actually* exist in either chamber in Congress)
April 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
One thing I love about the replica Senate Floor at the EM Kennedy Center in Boston is the big screen behind the dais & digital voting screens (both of which do not *actually* exist in either chamber in Congress)
"It is, as we have noted, all too possible to see in this case an incipient crisis but it may present an opportunity as well. We yet cling to the hope that it is not naïve to believe our good brethren in the Exec Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American ethos"
April 18, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"It is, as we have noted, all too possible to see in this case an incipient crisis but it may present an opportunity as well. We yet cling to the hope that it is not naïve to believe our good brethren in the Exec Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American ethos"
"The Executive may succeed for a time in weakening the courts, but over time history will script the tragic gap between what was and all that might have been, and law in time will sign its epitaph."
April 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM
"The Executive may succeed for a time in weakening the courts, but over time history will script the tragic gap between what was and all that might have been, and law in time will sign its epitaph."
"The Executive possesses enormous powers to prosecute and to deport, but with powers come restraints."
April 18, 2025 at 3:16 AM
"The Executive possesses enormous powers to prosecute and to deport, but with powers come restraints."
Notable #LoperBright citation in Abrego Garcia decision by Judge Wilkinson of the 4th Circuit re: definition of "facilitate"
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"We are not bound in this context by a definition crafted by an administrative agency and contained in a mere policy directive."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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"We are not bound in this context by a definition crafted by an administrative agency and contained in a mere policy directive."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 18, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Notable #LoperBright citation in Abrego Garcia decision by Judge Wilkinson of the 4th Circuit re: definition of "facilitate"
👇
"We are not bound in this context by a definition crafted by an administrative agency and contained in a mere policy directive."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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"We are not bound in this context by a definition crafted by an administrative agency and contained in a mere policy directive."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Staff are "using it as they would work with an intern — to help streamline research by summarizing reports, translating legislative text into easy-to-understand talking points, or helping to pull the main points out of witnesses’ submitted written testimony prior to a hearing"
April 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Staff are "using it as they would work with an intern — to help streamline research by summarizing reports, translating legislative text into easy-to-understand talking points, or helping to pull the main points out of witnesses’ submitted written testimony prior to a hearing"
And read the excellent report --> www.niskanencenter.org/wp-content/u...
March 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
And read the excellent report --> www.niskanencenter.org/wp-content/u...
Thoughts on #DOGE shared with NextGov/FCW:
"It's not, in itself, problematic if authorized government employees access programmatic data or use AI tools to process information...
more transparency "would potentially help alleviate some of the concerns that lawmakers have raised"
"It's not, in itself, problematic if authorized government employees access programmatic data or use AI tools to process information...
more transparency "would potentially help alleviate some of the concerns that lawmakers have raised"
February 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Thoughts on #DOGE shared with NextGov/FCW:
"It's not, in itself, problematic if authorized government employees access programmatic data or use AI tools to process information...
more transparency "would potentially help alleviate some of the concerns that lawmakers have raised"
"It's not, in itself, problematic if authorized government employees access programmatic data or use AI tools to process information...
more transparency "would potentially help alleviate some of the concerns that lawmakers have raised"
Somebody… @joshchafetz.bsky.social? @nbagley.bsky.social?
Explain to me why Rs would still be pushing the REINS act which would set up an expedited Congressional veto point for major regs (of which Trump admin is going to be issuing many)
And why Dems would oppose?
Explain to me why Rs would still be pushing the REINS act which would set up an expedited Congressional veto point for major regs (of which Trump admin is going to be issuing many)
And why Dems would oppose?
February 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Somebody… @joshchafetz.bsky.social? @nbagley.bsky.social?
Explain to me why Rs would still be pushing the REINS act which would set up an expedited Congressional veto point for major regs (of which Trump admin is going to be issuing many)
And why Dems would oppose?
Explain to me why Rs would still be pushing the REINS act which would set up an expedited Congressional veto point for major regs (of which Trump admin is going to be issuing many)
And why Dems would oppose?
I start every semester passing out pocket constitutions. It’s going to be *extra* interesting this time around 🤔🇺🇸
January 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I start every semester passing out pocket constitutions. It’s going to be *extra* interesting this time around 🤔🇺🇸
This is just 🤯
(especially given that one of them now has a White House email address and it was not the one making an announcement next to the president yesterday)
(especially given that one of them now has a White House email address and it was not the one making an announcement next to the president yesterday)
January 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This is just 🤯
(especially given that one of them now has a White House email address and it was not the one making an announcement next to the president yesterday)
(especially given that one of them now has a White House email address and it was not the one making an announcement next to the president yesterday)
Still down for me in App Store but maybe back for those who already had it installed?
January 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Still down for me in App Store but maybe back for those who already had it installed?
I mean… are you really gonna risk it?
January 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I mean… are you really gonna risk it?
Will report back tomorrow how it works.
Here's the full prompt:
Here's the full prompt:
January 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Will report back tomorrow how it works.
Here's the full prompt:
Here's the full prompt:
Running a little Congress-related experiment with OpenAI's new "Tasks"... seeing if we can automate "doing the clips" for a Congressional office
(everyone who ever interned in Congress will know what I'm talking about)
Set to run at 6 AM for my rep (Kevin Mullin) district next door (Sam Liccardo)
(everyone who ever interned in Congress will know what I'm talking about)
Set to run at 6 AM for my rep (Kevin Mullin) district next door (Sam Liccardo)
January 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Running a little Congress-related experiment with OpenAI's new "Tasks"... seeing if we can automate "doing the clips" for a Congressional office
(everyone who ever interned in Congress will know what I'm talking about)
Set to run at 6 AM for my rep (Kevin Mullin) district next door (Sam Liccardo)
(everyone who ever interned in Congress will know what I'm talking about)
Set to run at 6 AM for my rep (Kevin Mullin) district next door (Sam Liccardo)
Notable that "digitizing government data" among the proposed solutions:
January 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Notable that "digitizing government data" among the proposed solutions: