If states do not make adequate preparations for accurately counting what could turn out to be 60 million mail-in ballots, the ensuing controversy may well rock American democracy to its foundations. William Galston analyzes new polling data on mail-in voting and how it may shape the upcoming election.
"Regulating Facebook and Google as public utilities would be a decisive assertion of public power that would strengthen and energize democracy." In their new paper, Josh Simons and Dipayan Ghosh provide a framework for understanding why internet platforms matter for democracy and propose ways in which they should be regulated.
During Rep. John Lewis's funeral, President Barack Obama proposed ending the Senate filibuster to pursue a voting rights agenda. In the latest episode of the Lawfare Podcast, Margaret Taylor, Molly Reynolds, and Adam Jentleson discuss the history of the filibuster, how it actually works, and what the consequences could be if a Democratic-controlled Senate got rid of it.
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