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Roll Call: Old law could leave 2020 presidential race in stalemate

The nation’s 133-year-old law for picking a president has a provision that has never been needed to settle a disputed election, since it deals with a situation that would only happen after a cascade of seemingly improbable events. Then again, this is 2020, a year that feels cursed with historic worsts. And election law experts…

Keep Our Republic StaffJune 1, 2020

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Just Security: The Looming Crisis of Emergency Powers and Holding the 2020 Presidential Election

The future of electoral democracy in the United States is, without exaggeration, at risk. While a global pandemic and economic meltdown could provide a pretext for this threat, it does not come from abroad. Instead the threat comes from our own elected leader, the President of the United States—and those who know him best, know…

Joel McCleary and Mark MedishMay 4, 2020

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New York Times: Trump Has Emergency Powers We Aren’t Allowed to Know About

The past few weeks have given Americans a crash course in the powers that federal, state and local governments wield during emergencies. We’ve seen businesses closed down, citizens quarantined and travel restricted.

Andrew Boyle and Liza GoiteinApril 10, 2020

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The Atlantic: The Alarming Scope of the President’s Emergency Powers

In the weeks leading up to the 2018 midterm elections, President Donald Trump reached deep into his arsenal to try to deliver votes to Republicans. Most of his weapons were rhetorical, featuring a mix of lies and false inducements—claims that every congressional Democrat had signed on to an “open borders” bill (none had), that liberals were…

Liza GoiteinDecember 5, 2018

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Roll Call: Old law could leave 2020 presidential race in stalemate

Just Security: The Looming Crisis of Emergency Powers and Holding the 2020 Presidential Election

New York Times: Trump Has Emergency Powers We Aren’t Allowed to Know About

The Atlantic: The Alarming Scope of the President’s Emergency Powers