Three Election Law Cases and What They Mean for Democracy

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🗓️ 26 May 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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There’s a lot happening in the world of election law. From the Supreme Court’s opinion last week in FEC v. Ted Cruz, to a redistricting case in Alabama, to a North Carolina case dealing with the independent state legislature doctrine-- we’re doing a deep dive with John Fortier, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and Rick Hasen, professor of law at UC Irvine, to discuss these cases and issues and what they mean for American democracy going forward. Jeffrey Rosen moderates. Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org. Continue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr. Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center,
0:09.2	and welcome to We The People, the weekly show of constitutional debate. The National Constitution Center is a non-bolic vote. people.
0:13.0	The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase awareness and understanding of a constitution among the American people.
0:23.2	For today's episode, we're doing a round-up
0:25.7	of the latest news in election law
0:28.0	with two wonderful guests.
0:29.9	Last week, the Supreme Court issued an opinion in FEC versus Ted Cruz, which deals with campaign
0:35.4	finance regulations, and there is also a redistricting case in Alabama and a North Carolina
0:41.8	case dealing with the increasingly important
0:45.0	independent state legislature doctrine.
0:48.0	To cover it all, we're honored to convene two of America's foremost experts in election law.
0:54.3	John Fortier is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the author and editor
0:59.4	of After the People Vote, a guide to the electoral college.
1:03.2	John, it is wonderful to welcome you to We the People.
1:06.1	Thanks for having me, Jeff.
1:07.4	And Rick Hassan is professor of law and political science
1:10.2	at the University of California Irvine,
1:12.2	although he's moving to UCLA later this summer.
1:14.9	And he's the author of Cheap Speech, How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics and How to Cure
1:20.4	It's great to have you back on the show.
1:23.2	It's great.
1:24.2	Oh, it's always to be with you.
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