Dakota Foster

Dakota Foster is a J.D. candidate at Stanford Law School and a former researcher at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology. She holds a B.A. in Political Science from Amherst College.

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Emergency Power

A Lurking Threat: State Emergency Powers in Elections

Dakota Foster Wed, Nov 2, 2022, 8:31 AM

The authority to both define state emergencies and exercise state statutory emergency powers rests almost entirely with America’s governors. When emergencies—real or supposed—and elections intersect, state executives could leverage their emergency powers to influence electoral outcomes.

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extremism

What Extremism Means to the Federal Government

Dakota Foster, Kai Wiggins Mon, May 2, 2022, 9:01 AM

Federal officials must navigate challenges when developing policies on extremism.

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