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A Pattern Is Forming in How Federal Court Vacancies Are Being Left Open. Meridian politics analysis.Politics

A Pattern Is Forming in How Federal Court Vacancies Are Being Left Open

Which seats are filling, which are not, and what the geography of the delays says about the deals being made elsewhere.

By Lena Holloway · May 30

The Voting Rights Coalition Just Quietly Abandoned Its Federal Strategy. Meridian politics analysis.Politics

The Voting Rights Coalition Just Quietly Abandoned Its Federal Strategy

Why a national group built on big federal lawsuits is taking its summer plan to the county clerks instead, and what that says about where the actual leverage lives.

By Lena Holloway · May 30

Federal Lobbying Reform Is Stuck. Statehouses Are Quietly Doing It Themselves.. Meridian politics analysis.Politics

Federal Lobbying Reform Is Stuck. Statehouses Are Quietly Doing It Themselves.

What the early state-level disclosure data reveals about lobbying spending that has spent years sitting below the federal reporting line.

By Lena Holloway · Aug 18

Sixty Federal Judgeships Sit Empty. Several Courts Are Now Officially in Crisis.. Meridian politics analysis.Politics

Sixty Federal Judgeships Sit Empty. Several Courts Are Now Officially in Crisis.

Why the confirmation calendar has fallen behind the rate of new vacancies, and what the affected courts are quietly giving up to keep cases moving.

By Lena Holloway · Mar 2