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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