Category: Election Law
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On This Inauguration Day: The Law Behind the Transition of Presidential Power
Every four years on Inauguration Day, the country watches as the president-elect recites the oath of office, parades through the nation’s capital, and attends numerous formal parties and balls to celebrate the beginning of a new presidential term. While less exciting than parades and balls, it is important to recognize the body of law that…
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AI-Generated Deception: Filling the Gaps in Defamation and Privacy Protections
The rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have brought about a new wave of media manipulation, particularly through AI-generated “deepfakes.” Deepfakes are synthetic media in which a person’s likeness, voice, or appearance is altered or mimicked by AI to make the person appear to say or do something they might have never actually said or…
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Partisan Redistricting: The Longest Running Voting Rights Issue of the United States
“Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”[i] This statement, made in the Declaration of Independence, clearly indicated that the purpose of defying Great Britain and creating the United States was to no longer prescribe to any theory of government besides one elected and consented to by those governed. While…
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Moral Turpitude And The Instinct To Survive: What A Science Fiction Novel Teaches About Who Gets To Vote And Why
The only people who have the necessary level of social responsibility to vote intelligently are those who have demonstrated a willingness to place themselves in the line of fire to protect their society. At least, that is the central philosophy of Robert A. Heinlein’s classic, controversial novel, Starship Troopers.[1] The right to vote—the “sovereign franchise”—is…