Professor @Harvard Kennedy School. Author of The Right to Vote: the Contested History of Democracy in the U.S. and Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College?
Cambridge, Mass.
Joined June 2020
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.@AlexKeyssar says the first few weeks of the Trump administration may constitute the most severe attack on the rule of law in the U.S. since the Civil War.
Read more about Professor Keyssar's thoughts ➡️ ken.sc/41iwzxN
ALT Quote by Alex Keyssar that reads, "If we are not yet in a constitutional crisis (one in which there are no constitutional rules to guide the resolution to a conflict), we’re close enough to feel its approaching headwinds."
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NEW:📣 Democracy remains an unfinished project. Ahead of the US election, our new episode with @Harvard Professor @AlexKeyssar is a must-listen to see what's at stake and how to protect the right to vote: thegravity.fm/#/episode/61
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In part, this is the test of the democratic (small-d) innovation skills of the DNC - can they craft a process that is legitimate, compelling, inclusive, participatory, and wise - to select the Democratic candidate - RCV? Citizen Assemblies? Public deliberation?
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This is a great piece, notably relying on the epic if somewhat Sisyphean work, Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College? by @AlexKeyssar .
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On the brief, historians @earlymodjustice @rzhist @JRakove @TheGNapp @Jane_C_Manners @gauthamrao @AlexKeyssar @jbf1755 Saul Cornell, Jane Calvert, David Konig, Jill Lepore, Peter Onuf, Michael Ross, and Alan Taylor.
The lawyers: Friedman Kaplan LLP and @BrennanCenter.
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The council's 18 members include @earlymodjustice @TheGNapp @AlexKeyssar @Jane_C_Manners @katemasur @JRakove @gauthamrao @narosenblum @rachelshelden @JTuckerHistory @rzhist and more. To learn more about council members: brennancenter.org/historians…
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Corporations are not people.
Yet 13 years ago today SCOTUS gave companies the same 1st amendment rights as people - and the right to spend unlimited anonymous $$ to influence politicians.
I believe unlimited, anonymous corporate spending corrupts our democracy. RT if you agree.
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Read what @AlexKeyssar has to say about the recent election cycle, minority voting rights, the electoral college and more courtesy of M-RCBG's Growthpolicy.
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"We are in a situation where one party is attempting to, in effect, control branches of the government with minority rule, with views and opinions that are not supported by a majority of the American people," says @Kennedy_School's @AlexKeyssar
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10 of the foremost historians of the founding era have come out against the so-called "independent state legislature theory" in their new amicus filing in Moore v. Harper #ISLTamici @JRakove @rzhist @jbf1755 @TheGNapp @AlexKeyssar
Brief: tinyurl.com/uwyxnryx
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Burning through some mind-capturing lake reading! Can’t wait to teach these in my new American Democracy in Crisis course…@joeyfishkin @GaneshSitaraman @AlexKeyssar @history_buff_
Alex Keyssar retweeted
”I don’t want to minimize Nixon’s offenses, but this increasingly looks like an attempted coup d’etat.” The costs of not at least indicting the leader are much higher than the admitted costs of doing so. The following analysis is sober and fair-minded:
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HKS's @Arfung and @AlexKeyssar say the U.S. political system is racing down a dangerous road toward political and social upheaval and possible minority rule #HKSPolicyCast ken.sc/3JIkhod
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HKS's @Arfung and @AlexKeyssar say America’s flawed democracy is in deep—possibly fatal—trouble.
Listen to their thoughts on #HKSPolicyCast ⤵️ ken.sc/3JIkhod
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Why would executive privilege cover talk between Trump & Meadows about electoral votes, when a president has no official role in Congress's receipt & counting of electoral votes, but is interested solely as a candidate (no different than a non-incumbent)?
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My NYTimes piece on Biden and America’s anti monopoly tradition is now on line nytimes.com/2021/07/13/opini…
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Fantastic night presenting w/ @AlexKeyssar as part of @Gilder_Lehrman’s “How Did We Get Here?” PD series. Dr. Keyssar was phenomenal breaking down origins of the Electoral College & why it still exists. Wonderful opportunity to work w/ awesome teachers from all over the country!
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HKS's @AlexKeyssar believes the events around the insurrection offer a unique opportunity to blend historical insight and contemporary investigation into a broader understanding of the current state of American politics ken.sc/3dKds8z
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Thank you so much to @lrsnwlkr for inviting me to discuss these images and the injustice they represent for @propublica
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Michigan has been down this road before (from @AlexKeyssar's electoral college book)
