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Scott Welder

Scott Welder is an impact associate and paralegal with Protect Democracy, a Washington, DC based non-partisan non-profit dedicated to strengthening American democracy. He holds an MA with distinction in legal and political theory from University College London, an MSc in international and European politics from the University of Edinburgh, and a BA in public policy from Stanford University.

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Emergency Power

A Chance for the Courts to Rein in Governing by Emergency

Kristy Parker, Justin Florence, Genevieve Nadeau, Soren Dayton, Scott Welder Fri, Feb 3, 2023, 3:40 PM

Two seemingly unrelated Supreme Court cases up for oral argument in the next few weeks will have important implications for the use of emergency powers by the executive branch—and for the long-term health of U.S. democracy.

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