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Battle for the Constitution: Week of August 24th, 2020 Roundup

August 28, 2020 | by NCC Staff

Below is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in American life, in partnership with The Atlantic.

The U.S. Is Facing the Possibility of a Truly Illegitimate Election

By David Litt, Author, Democracy in One Book or Less: How It Works, Why It Doesn’t, and Why Fixing It Is Easier Than You Think

David Litt argues that Donald Trump’s attempts to undermine the election could result in an actual illegitimate election and suggests ways to prevent that.