Professor of Law @nyulaw; legal expert on democracy and American government
Joined August 2022
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I'm honored to be thanked by Sen. Manchin, along with @derektmuller @Nedfoley @jacklgoldsmith and Brad Smith, Michael McConnell, and Bob Bauer, for our work on the Electoral Count Reform Act of 2022.
@CassSunstein
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🚨Elections 2026: A new essay by @ProfHansNoel — “Shaping the Party’s Program in the Primaries”
The Democracy Project @nyulaw is publishing daily essays on the 2026 election process
Read the full piece here: democracyproject.org/posts/s…
Here's the gratuitous line from the oral argument I'm referring to:
"MR. CLEMENT: I mean, I think it's
hard to watch a lot of embarrassing videos on
247Sports based on my perusal of it. But,
like, you know, I don't know, maybe, like,
watching, you know, Chicago Bears films is
embarrassing in certain parts of the country.
I don't know. Maybe it is embarrassing."
If you think the Bears-Packers rivalry is not one of the great ones in sport, listen to Paul Clement going out of his way to take a dig at the Bears in a Supreme Court argument yesterday. Paul is from Wisconsin and a Packers fan. Not sure how many in the audience picked up on this, but us Bear fans certainly did:
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@WilliamBaude @RachelBarkow
If you think the Bears-Packers rivalry is not one of the great ones in sport, listen to Paul Clement going out of his way to take a dig at the Bears in a Supreme Court argument yesterday. Paul is from Wisconsin and a Packers fan. Not sure how many in the audience picked up on this, but us Bear fans certainly did:
xitter.cf/cspan/status/211040855…
@WilliamBaude @RachelBarkow
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The NYU Law Democracy Project was pleased to publish this important piece by @WojSadurski -
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Now up on SSRN: "Presidential Administration to the Slaughter" (my contribution to the Gray Center's symposium on the 25th anniversary of Professor Kagan's 2001 article -- forthcoming in @JL_PubAffairs). Comments appreciated! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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🚨Elections 2026: A new essay by @raylaraja — "Small Donors Aren’t the Democratic Cure We Imagined"
We're publishing daily essays on the 2026 elections
Read here: democracyproject.org/posts/s…
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From @COFinkelstein & @BrennerFissell’s new “Elections 2026” essay — “What Might ‘Cheating’ in an Election Look Like When the Cheater Is Also Commander in Chief of the Nation’s Military?”
Sophisticated and nuanced assessment of Justice Alito, tied to the release of Alito's book:
This is from my view of Justice Alito's new collection of essays, for @TheAtlantic.
theatlantic.com/magazine/202…
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Elections 2026: @COFinkelstein @BrennerFissell “What Might ‘Cheating’ in an Election Look Like When the Cheater Is Also Commander in Chief of the Nation’s Military?”
We publish essays on potential threats to the election process & mechanisms to manage them bit.ly/4y3ck5u
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🚨Elections 2026: A new essay by @ianbassin & Ben Gips (@protctdemocracy) — "Going to California"
We're publishing daily essays on potential threats to the 2026 election process & mechanisms to manage them
Read the full essay here: democracyproject.org/posts/g…
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🚨Elections 2026: A new essay by @rickhasen — "Exorcising Justice Alito’s Voter Fraud Boogeyman"
We're publishing daily essays on potential threats to the 2026 election process & mechanisms to manage them
Read the full essay here: democracyproject.org/posts/e…
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🚨Elections 2026: New by Derek Bowens, Director of the Durham County Board of Elections—"For Country: A Front-Line Defender’s Perspective"
We're publishing daily essays on potential threats to the election process & mechanisms to manage them
Read here: democracyproject.org/posts/f…
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🚨Elections 2026: A new piece by @Nedfoley — "Can Congress Be Stolen from the Voters?"
We're publishing daily essays on potential threats to the 2026 election process & mechanisms to manage them
Read the full essay here: democracyproject.org/posts/c…
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Whether you watch, listen, or read the transcript, consume this interview in some format. @RickPildes is—as always—extraordinarily engaging & illuminating. It made me less worried about the ‘26 midterms in some respects & yet more worried about the future of American democracy
Must watch: @whignewtons interviews @RickPildes on NYT "Interesting times" on what to fear in midterm elections. Great discussion.
nytimes.com/2026/09/24/opini…
This is a new one for me. CATO publishes a comic-book like Illustrated Supreme Court Review and
@walterolson.bsky.social
did the chapter on last Term's campaign-finance case. One page features Justice Kavanaugh quoting me and a drawing of me. Here's the illustration, link to the Review in reply:
Nice to hear this, I appreciate it.
Really cogent, smart analysis of the most realistic threats to the midterms.
@RickPildes is one of my Go Tos on all things law + elections and this is why.
