Dear Friend,

In the latest issue of The New Republic, staff writer Matt Ford profiles influential Democratic lawyer Marc Elias. If the election is close or uncertain, Elias, among others, will “swoop in to wage the high-stakes legal battles that follow—and in the process, finally answer a defining question of the Trump era: Can the legal system actually constrain a lawless president?”

As Ford explains: “The U.S. election system wasn’t in great shape even before the pandemic upended the way tens of millions of Americans cast their ballots. Now Trump and his Republican allies are working tirelessly to reduce turnout and delegitimize voting by mail.”

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“Trump, who claimed until the moment he won that the 2016 election would be rigged, has already signaled that he may not accept a Biden victory at all—a view that many of his most enthusiastic supporters would likely share,” wrote Ford. 
Ford added a dire warning: “Americans have long prized their two-century track record of peaceful transitions of power. This year, they cannot say with certainty that the streak will continue.”

This is the most important election in decades. Please join Matt Ford and our team of investigative reporters, opinion writers, and cultural critics as they guide us through these tumultuous times.  

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Sincerely,

Kerrie Gillis, publisher

Read Matt Ford’s The Man Who Is Determined to Stop Trump From Rigging the Election