Jessica Levinson
Jessica Levinson is an Associate Clinical Professor at Loyola Law School. She focuses on the intersection of law and government.
California could play a role in picking who President Obama's opponent will be. California does not hold its primary election until June 5th. Typically this is late enough in the primary season that the parties have already picked their nominees. Mayb...
We should severely limit the initiative process. If our representatives are not up to the task, we should toss them out, not try to do their jobs for them, and in the process make their jobs increasingly difficult.
Last week the city of Compton agreed to put a measure on the ballot, which would institute voting by district in city council races. Currently, Compton's city council members are elected based on at-large city-wide voting.
After largely unsuccessful trips to the courthouse, a GOP-based group called Fairness and Accountability in Redistricting (FAIR) submitted enough signatures to get their state senate map killing measure on the November 2012 ballot.
On Wednesday there was a naturalization ceremony in downtown Los Angeles, so here's a big welcome to our city!
A bill is at the heart of a feud between the state's judicial and legislative branches. It would take away power from the Judicial Council and give local trial courts more power over spending decisions.
For those of you who get frustrated by the delays and hassles that come with President Obama's fundraising trips, I believe your anger is best directed to the majority of the Supreme Court who, in 1976, essentially found that money is speech.
Presidential candidates have and will frequent our fine state. California has been dubbed by me and others the presidential ATM.
The ruling steered clear of broader issues surrounding gay marriage, specifically noting that it need not, and would not, rule on whether marriage is a fundamental right. Instead, the court's analysis focused on a narrower question that is likely to ar...
Goodbye budget deficits; hello surplus funds? I could "like" that. If Facebook's IPO has done anything for Sacramento in the short term, it is give legislators and lobbyists something (more) to argue about. Where is the Facebook button for "not a sh...
The Berman-Sherman matchup is expected to be one of the most expensive Congressional races this year, but savvy voters must ask themselves an important question: Will such a matchup ever occur with a relatively new open primary law?
Redistricting: Last week the state's highest court ruled that even if the referendum to overturn Senate maps qualifies for the ballot, the newly drawn lines will still be used in the 2012 election.