ELB Podcast

Oct 18 2024 51 ep. 39 mins 326
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Podcast by Rick Hasen

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ELB Podcast 6:3 From Nov. 5 to Jan. 6: Are We Prepared for a Fair and Safe Election?

Oct 18 2024 62 mins  
What are the risks to a peaceful transition of power once all the votes have been cast? What can we learn from history and from other democracies about our moment of democratic peril? How worried should we be about the risks of political violence? On Season 6, Episode 3 of the ELB Podcast we speak with Republican election lawyer Ben Ginsberg, the Hoover Institution’s Larry Dia

ELB 6:2 The United States Electoral College and Fair Elections (Fishkin, Hollis-Brusky, Muller)

Oct 14 2024 71 mins  
Why do we have the Electoral College and is its use justified today? Why do Democrats and Republicans think differently about the Electoral College? Does the Electoral College make it harder or easier to subvert American elections? On Season 6, Episode 2 of the ELB Podcast we speak with Joey Fishkin of UCLA Law, Amanda Hollis-Brusky of Pomona College, and Derek Muller of Notre D

ELB Podcast 6:1 Democracy and the Risks to the 2024 Elections (Aden, Fortier, & Roth)

Sep 24 2024 66 mins  
How prepared are we for a peaceful transition of power in 2024 in light of what we witnessed in the 2020 elections? What hurdles stand before minority voters in the upcoming elections? How has the social media and information environment affecting elections shifted since 2020? On today’s episode of the ELB Podcast we speak with Leah Aden, of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educati

ELB Podcast 5:8: Renee DiResta: Invisible Rulers and the 2024 Elections

Jun 18 2024 37 mins  
What’s the difference between how Americans communicated about politics and policies 20 or 30 years ago and how we do it today? What are the most effective ways to combat disinformation in elections and otherwise? Are the platforms and the rest of us ready for election-related threats in 2024? On the season finale of Season 5 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with Renee DiResta, au

ELB 5:7: Rick Pildes: The Two Ricks Discuss the Trump Immunity and Hush Money Cases

May 02 2024 43 mins  
How should we understand the Supreme Court’s questions in the Trump immunity case? Will the Court let Donald Trump go to trial for 2020 election interference based just on his acts as a candidate and not as President? Are the legal theories advanced in Donald Trump’s hush money case in New York legally sound? On Season 5, Episode 7 of the ELB Podcast, a conversation about th

ELB Podcast 5:6: Rick Hasen and Erwin Chemerinsky: A Real Right to Vote

Feb 18 2024 73 mins  
Why doesn’t the U.S. Constitution contain an affirmative right to vote? Can constitutional reform promote political equality, defuse the voting wars, and thwart election subversion? How can we get a constitutional right to vote, if we can’t even get normal voting rights legislation passed in Congress? On Season 5, Episode 6 of the ELB Podcast, I am in conversation with Erwin

ELB Podcast 5:5: Steve Vladeck: Trump, the Supreme Court and the Shadow Docket

Jan 08 2024 43 mins  
What are the costs for democracy when the Supreme Court decides cases on the “shadow docket?” Is the Purcell Principle a license for states to act illegally in running elections? What is going to happen with the Trump disqualification case at the Supreme Court? On Season 5, Episode 5 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with Steve Vladeck, author of the book, The Shadow Docket.

ELB Podcast 5:4: Ian Bassin & Jess Marsden: Protecting Democracy in 2024…and 2025

Dec 07 2023 33 mins  
Has the United States done enough to minimize the risk of election subversion in 2024? How might problems in Congress affect a fair tallying of electoral college votes on January 6, 2025? How much danger of authoritarian rule does the U.S. face going forward? On Season 5, Episode 4 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with Ian Bassin and Jess Marsden of Protect Democracy.

ELB Podcast 5:3: The Trump Prosecutions, the First Amendment, and Election Interference

Oct 29 2023 49 mins  
Do gag orders against presidential candidate Donald Trump in his civil or criminal trials violate the First Amendment? What should we make of Trump’s claims that his actions to overturn the results of the 2020 elections are protected free speech? How should we assess the dangers of government “jawboning” of social media platforms to remove objectionable conduct? On Season

ELB Podcast 5:2: The Roberts Court and American Democracy (Joan Biskupic)

Oct 17 2023 50 mins  
Is the Roberts Court shifting on its protection of voting rights? How has the addition of three Trump-appointed Justices changed the nature of the Supreme Court? Should we expect a new ethics code for Supreme Court Justices? On Season 5, Episode 2 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with Joan Biskupic, CNN’s senior supreme court analyst and author of the new book, Nine Black Robes.