Election Lawsuits
What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law
by Roman Mars, Elizabeth Joh, Isabel Angell
3M ago
No matter what happens on Election Day, Trump and his allies have already put legal challenges in motion. Here’s what a nerdy agency, hanging chads, and zombie lawsuits can tell us about how all this could play out ..read more
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Enemy Aliens
What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law
by Elizabeth Joh, Isabel Angell, Roman Mars
4M ago
Falsely claiming there is a wave of violence perpetrated by migrants, Trump has threatened mass deportations under the broad and terrifying powers of the Alien Enemies Act ..read more
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Deepfakes and Lying Liars
What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law
by Roman Mars, Elizabeth Joh, Isabel Angell
5M ago
Election deepfakes have the potential to change people's opinions about a presidential election in ways that can be harmful to democracy and the truth itself. But what does the Constitution say about regulating these manipulated images? One place to look: Hustler Magazine ..read more
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Whose Speech, Whose Campus
What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law
by Elizabeth Joh, Isabel Angell, Roman Mars
5M ago
As students go back to school, colleges and universities across the country are preparing for the continuation of protests against the Israel-Hamas war—and claims by other students that the protests are violating their own civil rights. Institutions and courts are now weighing the question: whose free speech matters more ..read more
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The Hatch Act and The Election
What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law
by Roman Mars, Elizabeth Joh
5M ago
With only two months before the election, the Republican Party got a lot of attention - and scorn - for using the White House as a backdrop during their nominating convention. The convention appeared to be in contradiction of The Hatch Act, which forbids federal employees from political campaigning while they’re on duty. Even if the convention broke the law, will anyone be held accountable? Plus, we tackle the President’s recent comments casting doubt on mail-in balloting ..read more
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The Socially Distanced SCOTUS
What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law
by Roman Mars, Elizabeth Joh
5M ago
The Supreme Court may not be able to meet in person, but they are still doing business over conference call. This month, they've considered three cases about Donald Trump's finances, and whether they should be released to Congressional committees and prosecutors in New York. What does history tell us about these cases which could have major consequences for executive power ..read more
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Fishy Deep State
What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law
by Isabel Angell, Elizabeth Joh, Roman Mars
6M ago
What’s the connection between former President Donald Trump's attacks on the so-called “Deep State" and a tiny silvery fish? The Supreme Court, of course ..read more
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81- Cruel and Unusual
What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law
by Elizabeth Joh
6M ago
In 1960, a man named Lawrence Robinson was sentenced to 90 days in jail for violating a California law that made it illegal to be addicted to narcotics. This summer, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order telling agencies to clear “dangerous” homeless encampments on state land. What links these two situations? The Eighth Amendment ..read more
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Farfetched Arguments
What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law
by Roman Mars
7M ago
After an unprecedented several weeks in politics, some on the right are advancing far-fetched arguments to challenge Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, and a federal judge in Florida threw out the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump.  Neither of these are based on established constitutional precedent ..read more
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The Disqualification Clause
What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law
by Sarah Baik, Roman Mars, Elizabeth Joh
7M ago
In the aftermath of the Civil War, the Disqualification Clause was adopted to ensure that former officials and soldiers in the Confederacy would be barred from serving in public office. And for the first time in 153 years, an elected official has been disqualified for future office for his role in an insurrection: a New Mexico county commissioner who marched to the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Voters have filed lawsuits against Trump, arguing that the former president’s role in inciting his followers to disrupt the election certification makes him an insurrectionist, and therefore, disqualified ..read more
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