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Three Election Law Cases and What They Mean for Democracy

May 26, 2022

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There’s a lot happening in the world of election law. From the Supreme Court’s opinion last week in FEC v. Ted Cruz, to a redistricting case in Alabama, to a North Carolina case dealing with the independent state legislature doctrine-- we’re doing a deep dive with John Fortier, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and Rick Hasen, professor of law at UC Irvine, to discuss these cases and issues and what they mean for American democracy going forward. Jeffrey Rosen moderates.

 

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This episode was produced by Melody Rowell and engineered by Dave Stotz. Research was provided by Sam Desai, Lana Ulrich, and Colin Thibault.

 

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Rick Hasen is Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California, Irvine, and is Co-Director of the Fair Elections and Free Speech Center. His newest book is Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics—and How to Cure It.

John C. Fortier is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he focuses on Congress and elections, election administration, election demographics, voting (and absentee voting), the US presidency, and the Electoral College. He is the author and editor of After the People Vote: A Guide to the Electoral College (fourth edition, 2020); Second-Term Blues: How George W. Bush Has Governed (2007); and Absentee and Early Voting: Trends, Promises, and Perils (2006).

Jeffrey Rosen is the president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization devoted to educating the public about the U.S. Constitution. Rosen is also professor of law at The George Washington University Law School and a contributing editor of The Atlantic.

 

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