Add to ORKGFor half of the states and almost every territory in the United States, legislative vacancies are filled by some system of temporary appointments rather than by special elections. Most of these systems utilize “same-party” appointments to ensure continuity of representation. But few states have anticipated the problem of state legislators switching parties. Though party-switching is rare, it happens frequently enough that several state supreme courts have already interpreted same-party appointment statutes as applied to party-switchers. This Article argues for a uniform approach to the problem of party-switchers in same-party appointment systems. First, this Article reviews the current legislative appointment schemes as they operate today a...
In recent years, commentators have complained about what they regard as an increasingly dysfunction...
Lieutenant governorships originally did not exist in the United States in significant numbers. But a...
Backlogs and long delays in the confirmation of federal judicial nominees have become a common occur...
For half of the states and almost every territory in the United States, legislative vacancies are fi...
What are the electoral consequences of switching parties for incumbent members of Congress? Do incum...
Abstract: What are the consequences of party switching for members of Congress? While the roll-call...
Existing research on when legislators switch parties reports inconsistent results about motivations ...
When legislators switch parties between elections this may be viewed as undemocratic since, bypassin...
Scholars have devoted considerable attention to the consequences of delegate selection rules for pre...
Parties in the legislature have become central to the recruitment of candidates, overshadowing the r...
Between 1992 and 2012, nearly 170 Southern state legislators switched from the Democratic to the Rep...
Party switching by legislators has been common in many countries, including the Philippines, Italy, ...
In the mid-twentieth century, states began amending their constitutions to integrate their gubernato...
This Comment analyzes whether the First Amendment associational rights of the major political partie...
There currently exists no uniform method for filling vacancies in the United States Senate, leaving ...
In recent years, commentators have complained about what they regard as an increasingly dysfunction...
Lieutenant governorships originally did not exist in the United States in significant numbers. But a...
Backlogs and long delays in the confirmation of federal judicial nominees have become a common occur...
For half of the states and almost every territory in the United States, legislative vacancies are fi...
What are the electoral consequences of switching parties for incumbent members of Congress? Do incum...
Abstract: What are the consequences of party switching for members of Congress? While the roll-call...
Existing research on when legislators switch parties reports inconsistent results about motivations ...
When legislators switch parties between elections this may be viewed as undemocratic since, bypassin...
Scholars have devoted considerable attention to the consequences of delegate selection rules for pre...
Parties in the legislature have become central to the recruitment of candidates, overshadowing the r...
Between 1992 and 2012, nearly 170 Southern state legislators switched from the Democratic to the Rep...
Party switching by legislators has been common in many countries, including the Philippines, Italy, ...
In the mid-twentieth century, states began amending their constitutions to integrate their gubernato...
This Comment analyzes whether the First Amendment associational rights of the major political partie...
There currently exists no uniform method for filling vacancies in the United States Senate, leaving ...
In recent years, commentators have complained about what they regard as an increasingly dysfunction...
Lieutenant governorships originally did not exist in the United States in significant numbers. But a...
Backlogs and long delays in the confirmation of federal judicial nominees have become a common occur...