Constitutional Issues in Voting Rights Today

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🗓️ 20 May 2021

⏱️ 75 minutes

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In the wake of the 2020 election, a host of new laws that deal with voting have been proposed across the country by both states and the federal government. Election law experts Rick Hasen, professor at UCI Law and author of Election Meltdown: Dirty Tricks, Distrust, and the Threat to American Democracy, and Derek Muller, election law professor at Iowa Law, join host Jeffrey Rosen to discuss whether or not the proposed bills are constitutional; explain how the election system is structured under our Constitution and state, federal, and local laws; and more. Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org. Additional resources and transcript available at constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/media-library.

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0:00.0	I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center and welcome to
0:08.6	We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:12.1	The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan
0:14.5	nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase awareness and understanding of the
0:19.2	Constitution among the American people. As Congress continues to debate new voting rights bills,
0:26.0	and as the states pass new voting rights bills,
0:30.0	we are convening on we the people Today two of America's leading experts on voting rights
0:36.7	to teach us about the political and constitutional questions that they raise.
0:42.8	Rick Hassan is Chancellor's Professor of Law
0:45.1	and Political Science at the University of California Irvine.
0:48.2	He also blogs at Election Law Blog
0:50.8	and served as an election law analyst for CNN in 2020. His most recent book. law meltdown, dirty tricks, distrust, and the threat to American democracy.
1:04.6	Rick, it is wonderful to have you back on the show.
1:07.3	Great to be back with you.
1:09.2	And Derek Mueller is professor of law at Iowa College of Law, where his research focuses on election
1:14.6	law, especially on the role of the states in the administration of federal
1:19.8	elections. Professor Mueller has taught at Penn State Law, Notre Dame Law School and Pepperdime Caruso Law.
1:26.8	Derek, thank you so much for joining.
1:28.8	No, thanks for having me back.
1:31.1	Rick, please tell we the people listeners what is going on in the states.
1:35.5	You've described two separate categories of voting rights bills, those dealing with what you call election
1:42.2	subversion and voter suppression.
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