Elections
State Constitutions as a Defense Against Election Subversion
When it comes to current efforts to strip or distort the people’s ability to choose their government, state courts have both the authority and the duty to act.
Miriam Seifter is an Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director of the State Democracy Research Initiative, and Rowe Faculty Fellow in Regulatory Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Her recent work examines state constitutional and administrative law, with a focus on challenges facing democracy at the state level. Prior to joining the UW Law faculty, she was a Visiting Researcher and Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, an attorney in private practice, and a law clerk to Chief Judge Merrick Garland on the D.C. Circuit and to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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When it comes to current efforts to strip or distort the people’s ability to choose their government, state courts have both the authority and the duty to act.