Jessica Marsden on New Proposals for Protecting Democracy
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🗓️ 24 August 2019
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
In a recent white paper, the organization Protect Democracy makes the case that President Trump has used the powers of the presidency, federal resources, and intimidating rhetoric to manipulate election outcomes in the United States. The paper argues that the answer to this behavior is congressional action and offers recommendations for legislation on six issues ranging from preventing voter intimidation to requiring campaigns to disclose offers of financial assistance. Jessica Marsden, counsel for Protect Democracy, sat down to discuss it all with Benjamin Wittes.
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| 0:25.6 | no bull and the aftermath. |
| 0:34.0 | He at a rally in Pennsylvania before the 2016 election urged a crowd to go to Philadelphia |
| 0:41.6 | to monitor the polls to prevent the election from being stolen. |
| 0:45.2 | First, I think the racial subtext here is significant. |
| 0:48.7 | He was talking to a white crowd and he was talking about polling stations in predominantly |
| 0:55.0 | black communities. |
| 0:57.9 | The historical echoes are deafening when it comes to folks setting up a presence at the |
| 1:04.4 | polls that's intended to deter minority voters from turning out. |
| 1:08.6 | That is classic voter intimidation. |
| 1:12.2 | In many cases it may already be unlawful if any of his supporters were to actually listen |
| 1:17.2 | to him and go to the polls with that intention in mind. |
| 1:21.8 | It's also in this overheated political climate with the amount of political violence that |
| 1:28.4 | we've seen in recent times really dangerous. |
| 1:31.1 | I'm Mikael Afogal and this is the LawFair podcast August 24, 2019. |
| 1:38.0 | In a recent white paper, the organization Protect Democracy makes the case that President |
| 1:42.8 | Trump has used the powers of the presidency, federal resources and intimidating rhetoric |
| 1:48.2 | to manipulate election outcomes in the United States. |
| 1:51.3 | The paper argues that the answer to this behavior is congressional action and offers recommendations |
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