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The Importance Of Transparent Elections, Rebecca Green Nov 2020

The Importance Of Transparent Elections, Rebecca Green

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Recounts And Ballot Challenges In The 2020 Presidential Election: Legal Expert Provides Insights, Bruce Brumberg, Rebecca Green Nov 2020

Recounts And Ballot Challenges In The 2020 Presidential Election: Legal Expert Provides Insights, Bruce Brumberg, Rebecca Green

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Those Who Can Vote Are Duty-Bound To Do So, A. Benjamin Spencer Oct 2020

Those Who Can Vote Are Duty-Bound To Do So, A. Benjamin Spencer

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Symposium: Liquidating Elector Discretion, Rebecca Green Apr 2020

Symposium: Liquidating Elector Discretion, Rebecca Green

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Candidate Privacy, Rebecca Green Mar 2020

Candidate Privacy, Rebecca Green

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In the United States, we have long accepted that candidates for public office who have voluntarily stepped into the public eye sacrifice claims to privacy. This refrain is rooted deep within the American enterprise, emanating from the Framers' concept of the informed citizen as a bedrock of democracy. Voters must have full information about candidates to make their choices at the ballot box. Even as privacy rights for ordinary citizens have expanded, privacy theorists and courts continue to exempt candidates from privacy protections. This Article suggests that two disruptions warrant revisiting the privacy interests of candidates. The first is a …


The Redistricting Amendment Will Strengthen Democracy In Virginia, Alex Keena, Michael D. Gilbert, Rebecca Green Jan 2020

The Redistricting Amendment Will Strengthen Democracy In Virginia, Alex Keena, Michael D. Gilbert, Rebecca Green

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Redistricting Amendment Is Progress For Virginia, Rebecca Green Jan 2020

Redistricting Amendment Is Progress For Virginia, Rebecca Green

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Liquidating Elector Discretion, Rebecca Green Jan 2020

Liquidating Elector Discretion, Rebecca Green

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In Chiafalo et al. v. Washington, the US. Supreme Court determined that states may constitutionally remove or punish faithless electors. In support of its holding, the Court cited a 2014 case called National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning, which blessed a form of constitutional interpretation that looks to settled practice (or "liquidation," as James Madison called it) to resolve constitutional ambiguity. The Court agreed with petitioners that electors following the majority will of voters in their state is settled practice. This Article engages this assertion, suggesting that the question is more nuanced than the Court allowed. It …


How Many Votes Is Too Few?, Rebecca Green Jan 2020

How Many Votes Is Too Few?, Rebecca Green

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