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Joshua Douglas

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Past articles by Joshua:

Republicans Took Over the North Carolina Supreme Court. Here's What Happened.

After a change in justices, the court is ignoring precedent and taking aim at issues like redistricting and voter ID laws. → Read More

Ohio's Restrictive Voting Law is a Disaster

The measure approved by the Republican governor and statehouse includes a strict photo ID requirement, unlike the more sensible ones used in other states. → Read More

The Roberts Court Takes Aim at the Voting Rights Act

In a case it will hear next week, the Court could side with Alabama and deliver a devastating blow to the landmark civil rights law. → Read More

The Case for the 16-Year-Old Vote

Expanding the franchise to younger teens is already a reality in a handful of cities. Research suggests that it can build lifelong voters and better citizens. → Read More

Take Me Out to the... Voting Booth!

Casting ballots at sports stadiums and arenas is safe, fun, and great for citizens and teams. A new study shows how. → Read More

New York's Smart New Voting Rights Law

On the verge of enactment, the statute enshrines access to the ballot, even establishing a pre-clearance test like the one the Supreme Court struck down in 2013. Why other states should emulate what Albany is doing. → Read More

Ohio Voters Shafted by Conservative Judicial Activism

A federal court butted in where it didn’t belong and ordered Ohio to use an illegal electoral map. Anatomy of a voting rights disaster. → Read More

Ketanji Brown Jackson, Voting Rights Champion?

The Supreme Court nominee’s views on voting as a fundamental right suggests that she may be a standout voice on the Court, even more than her mentor Stephen Breyer. → Read More

Another Scheme to Curtail Voting Rights

Get to know the “independent state legislature doctrine” which intrigues Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch. → Read More

The Supreme Court's Alabama Disaster

An evening ruling undoing the work of Trump- and Clinton-appointed judges harms Black voters—and shows an activist conservative Court bent on narrowing voting rights. → Read More

One Year After the Capitol Attack, Why Have We Done Nothing to Protect Our Democracy?

The future of the American project is at risk. It’s past time for Congress to do something about it. → Read More

CNN

The attacks on the 2024 election are already underway

Joshua A. Douglas warns readers of the foundation of another potential coup in 2024, and argues that if left untouched, it will shatter democracy as we know it. → Read More

A Voting Rights Bill That Both Democrats and Republicans Can Support

The GOP reflexively blocks any legislation that makes it easier to vote. But Mitch McConnell’s home state of Kentucky shows a model for compromise. → Read More

Maybe Supreme Court Judges Really Are Driven by Politics

How conservative jurists only approve state restrictions over individual freedoms when it suits their purposes. → Read More

Disbar Trump’s Lawyers Who Tried to Steal the Election

They used the courts to perpetuate a massive fraud on the American public. They should not be allowed to practice law. → Read More

CNN

In Georgia, will courts leave the fox in charge of the hen house? (Opinion)

Joshua A. Douglas writes that now that the Georgia legislature has passed restrictive voting laws -- arguably comparable to Jim Crow-era policies -- it's up to the courts to make sure these policies are kept in check. → Read More

CNN

Opinion: A contested election in Iowa could undermine Americans' faith in democracy

Joshua A. Douglas writes that Democrat Rita Hart's decision to ask Congress, an explicitly partisan body, to determine the outcome of her House race against Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks could undermine the people's faith in the democratic process. → Read More

CNN

Opinion: Keep your eye on Kentucky's voting plans

Kentucky has some of the most restrictive voting rules in the nation, but it has moved along a bill that would expand voter access, and in an all-too-partisan world of election law, other states should take notice, writes Joshua Douglas. → Read More

CNN

Republicans react to 2020 defeats by trying to make it harder to vote (Opinion)

Joshua A. Douglas writes that Republicans are using their lies about voter fraud in the 2020 Election to launch reforms that would make it harder for Americans to vote. The fact that there has been zero evidence of voter fraud and that the election was deemed the most secure by the federal government should prompt leaders to expand on these successes. → Read More

CNN

Opinion: The real reason you need to worry about Hawley's objection to Biden victory

Election's expert Joshua Douglas writes, don't be too nervous about Republican Senator Josh Hawley's announcement that he will object to the certification of Joe Biden as president when Congress meets Jan. 6. It won't work. → Read More