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“Elon Musk has often inflamed politically tense moments, raising worries for the US election”
AP: Hours after an apparent attempt on Donald Trump’s life over the weekend, Elon Musk took to his social platform X to post a thinking emoji and a comment that “no one is even trying to assassinate” ...
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“Mississippi mail voting case at the Fifth Circuit could quickly become a national issue”
Three of the most extreme right-wing Trump judicial appointees are set to hear arguments next week in an election law appeal that could quickly make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court — and, if the ...
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“Suspicious packages sent to election officials in at least 6 states”
Suspicious packages were sent to election officials in at least six states on Monday, but there were no reports that any of the packages contained hazardous material. Powder-containing packages were ...
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“2020 déjà vu: Why the 2024 election could take days to call”
The Stagnation, Retrogression, and Potential Pro-Voter Transformation of U.S. Election Law, 134 Yale Law Journal (forthcoming 2025), draft available: Reckoning with the Undead Irreparable Injury Rule ...
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“The other Jan. 6 Democrats are worried about”
Politico, expressing what I’ve also had as my biggest concern about the 2024 elections: Democrats have spent much of the 2024 campaign reminding Americans of what happened on Jan. 6, 2021. But on ...
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Delivering Constitution Day Lecture Sept. 23 at Franklin College: “Safeguarding American Democracy: Why We Need a Real Right to Vote.”
Release: Franklin College will welcome Richard L. Hasen, J.D., M.A., Ph.D., to campus as the Constitution Day speaker on Monday, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. in the Branigin Room of the Napolitan Student Center ...
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A disgraceful Ohio Supreme Court decision
Ohio voters approved constitutional amendments that aimed to curb partisan gerrymandering primarily by requiring parties’ legislative seats to be roughly proportional to their statewide votes. This ...
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Giving Constitution Day Lecture September 24 at Stockton University: “A Real Right to Vote”
The Stagnation, Retrogression, and Potential Pro-Voter Transformation of U.S. Election Law, 134 Yale Law Journal (forthcoming 2025), draft available: https://papers ...
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Delivering 68th Miller Lecture at Georgia State University September 25: “A Real Right to Vote”
The Stagnation, Retrogression, and Potential Pro-Voter Transformation of U.S. Election Law, 134 Yale Law Journal (forthcoming 2025), draft available: https://papers ...
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Election Deniers on the Ballot as State Chief Election Officers
Bolts: In some of these states, including Missouri, Oregon, and Vermont, a candidate is once again running who has clearly embraced false conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was stolen from ...
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“New Survey Reveals Strong Shareholder Support for Companies to Follow a Code of Conduct for Political Spending”
St. John’s Legal Studies Research Paper No. 20-0002, New York University Law Review, Forthcoming Justin Levitt, Failed Elections and the Legislative Selection of Electors, 96 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1052 (2021 ...
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“Brief – Generating Confusion: Stress-Testing AI Chatbot Responses on Voting with a Disability”
Even as the “year of elections” draws to a close, the United States’ elections loom. From cyberattacks to mis- and disinformation spread on social media by foreign and domestic actors, digital ...