Voting Rights & Democracy Project at Fordham Law

The Voting Rights and Democracy Forum is pleased to announce that Volume III, Issue No. 1 is now available. fordhamdemocracyproject.com/current-issue-…

@JeffreyToobin in conversation with Joel Cohen and @JerryGoldfeder — The Pardon: The Politics of Presidential Mercy at Fordham Law School on 3/26 at 6PM. Register here: forms.gle/CR9BcqcEetusaV…

@KarenGreenberg3 reviews two books: Anne Applebaum’s “Autocracy, Inc.” and Timothy Snyder’s “On Freedom.” Professor Greenberg synthesizes these two books to offer a roadmap to protecting our democratic systems and promoting an equitable future. fordhamdemocracyproject.com/2024/10/28/imp…

The Voting Rights and Democracy Forum is pleased to announce that Volume III, Issue No. 1 is now available. fordhamdemocracyproject.com/current-issue-…

Alyssa Clune analyzes the existing challenges to line-warming bans in the eleventh circuit and offers a promising new framework: challenging the bans under the Americans With Disabilities Act. fordhamdemocracyproject.com/2024/10/28/the…

Nora Donnelly, Alexa Green, and Lea Vallone propose reforms to fill federal legislative vacancies guided by key principles: promoting democratic legitimacy, the exercise of executive power, quality representation, and limiting political gamesmanship. fordhamdemocracyproject.com/2024/10/28/ref…

Benjamin Edelstein, Mark L. Thomson, and Professor @atibaellis analyze the devolution of voting rights in Wisconsin and highlight the need for a race-conscious approach to addressing our current democratic pitfalls. fordhamdemocracyproject.com/2024/10/28/une…

The 2024 Presidential Election: Are We Ready? Register NOW for our Presidential Election Symposium on 10/28. Sponsored with @FordhamLRev and @CNSFordhamLaw t.e2ma.net/message/ul6s3j…

We're hiring! Come work with me at the Election Law Clinic (@ElectionClinic) at @Harvard_Law School. We are looking for an attorney with 3+ years of experience who is ready to train a new generation of election lawyers: hlselectionlaw.org/careers. Please share widely!

In the third part of his series on AI, Professor Kevin T. Frazier further elaborates on the package of laws and reforms necessary to protect our constitutional order and democracy amidst technological disruption and growing distrust in our institutions. fordhamdemocracyproject.com/2024/04/22/rea…

A lucky, standing-room-only crowd recently gathered at @FordhamLawNYC to hear @SteveKornacki talk about his life and career —and give an impromptu electoral map prediction—in conversation with @JerryGoldfeder, director of the Voting Rights and Democracy Project.

Fordham Law School students were treated to an impromptu whiteboard electoral map presentation by political correspondent Steve Kornacki, during which he detailed various scenarios where either Biden or Trump could get to the magic "270" number. news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2024/04/1…

Hey! Don't forget to register to vote! #Election2024 #VotingRights

Kayvan Farchadi of @CREWcrew argues that Trump is an adjudicated insurrectionist and remains legally disqualified from serving in any state or federal office, including the presidency, regardless of SCOTUS's inconsistent holding in Trump v. Anderson. fordhamdemocracyproject.com/2024/04/15/tru…

@AlexIsrael and Forum staffer Ross Levin argued for universal mail-in voting in New York to improve democratic participation, drawing on the increased turnout seen during the 2020 school board elections when the pandemic necessitated vote-by-mail. fordhamdemocracyproject.com/2024/04/12/sch…

@AlexIsrael and Forum staffer Ross Levin argue for universal mail-in voting in New York to improve democratic participation, drawing on the increased turnout seen during the 2020 school board elections when the pandemic necessitated mail-in ballots. fordhamdemocracyproject.com/2024/04/12/sch…

Our Executive Director Shivani Parikh wrote this coverage of ongoing @aaldef litigation for @DesisRisingUp members about voter suppression in Richmond Hill/South Ozone Park, which uniquely affects South Asian and Indo-Caribbean voters for @FLSdemocracy! fordhamdemocracyproject.com/2024/04/09/sou…

Shivani Parikh, our DEI Editor, discusses ongoing litigation to redress gerrymandering in Richmond Hill/South Ozone Park in Queens that is negatively impacting the South Asian and Indo-Caribbean communities there. An undercovered issue. @DesisRisingUp fordhamdemocracyproject.com/2024/04/09/sou…

@FordhamNYC @JessicaARoth1 @CardozoLaw @ColumbiaLaw @CREWcrew The second panel will dive into election security, speech, and related issues in the wake of January 6th, with @KarenGreenberg3 @CNSFordhamLaw, Ramya Krishnan @knightcolumbia, @derektisler @BrennanCenter. Moderated by @JerryGoldfeder @FLSdemocracy @cozenoconnor.

The first panel will discuss ongoing litigation against Donald Trump in light of his presidential candidacy, and feature Thomas Lee @FordhamNYC, @JessicaARoth1 @CardozoLaw, Richard Briffault @ColumbiaLaw, Kayvan Farchadi @CREWcrew, with moderator Ethan Leib @FordhamNYC.

This Tuesday, April 2, the Voting Rights & Democracy Forum will host our inaugural symposium, If You Can Keep It: The Legal Issues Surrounding the 2024 Election. Join us at Fordham Law School and via Zoom. Find the full program and register here: fordhamdemocracyproject.com/inaugural-symp…