The Department of Justice has launched a risible suit over the state’s U.S. Senate ballot because two candidates have similar names.
Joshua A. Douglas
Joshua A. Douglas is a law professor at the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law. He is the author of The Court v. The Voters: The Troubling Story of How the Supreme Court Has Undermined Voting Rights. He is currently working on a new project on voter turnout and nonvoters. He is also the host of the award-winning Democracy Optimist podcast. Find him at www.joshuaadouglas.com.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
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Posted inLaw and Justice
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The state’s legislature, echoing Trump, could oust a judge not for misconduct such as accepting a bribe, but for her opinions from the bench.
Posted inProtecting the Vote
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He has no authority to run federal elections. In this year’s midterms, the big threat to democracy is apathy and complacency.
Posted inLaw and Justice
How the Roberts Court Could Neuter the Voting Rights Act
By rendering race subordinate to partisan redistricting, the conservative justices can destroy the landmark law without declaring a key provision unconstitutional.
Posted inProtecting the Vote
Mid-Decade Redistricting: Why State Courts Should Be Suspicious
They have good reason to presume unlawful partisanship is at work when a supine statehouse gives in to partisan demands and gerrymanders districts to skew the results.
Posted inPolitics
A Month After the Minnesota Shootings, We’re Normalizing Political Violence
It’s been a month since the assassinations, yet hardly anyone seems to remember they occurred.
