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The Real Reason Trump’s Purge of Career DOJ Officials Should Alarm You

Senate Judiciary Committee and Department of Justice alum maps out the threat posed to 2028 election by President Trump's personnel moves inside the Department of Justice.
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Election 2024 Real-Time Litigation Tracker

Tracking the most important breaking election cases across the country with implications for the democratic process.
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Top 10 Election Litigation Cases in 2024 Implicating the Rule of Law

In this top ten list updated weekly, the most important of hundreds of election-law cases are ranked for their rule of law implications.

Trump Trials Clearinghouse

Welcome to this all-source, public resource for analysts, researchers, investigators, journalists, educators, and the public at large.
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Top 10 Election Litigation Cases in 2024 Implicating the Rule of Law

In this top ten list updated weekly, the most important of hundreds of election-law cases are ranked for their rule of law implications.
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Local Officials Cannot Block Election Certification. But They Can Fuel Disinformation.

Local officials cannot prevent the results of an election from being finalized — but what comes next could be dangerous.
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Top 10 Election Litigation Cases in 2024 Implicating the Rule of Law

In this top ten list updated weekly, the most important of hundreds of election-law cases are ranked for their rule of law implications.
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Natural Disasters, Terrorist Disruptions and Presidential Elections

A bipartisan, synchronized response to elections taking place during emergencies would address the rights of affected voters and candidates.
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Top 10 Election Litigation Cases in 2024 Implicating the Rule of Law

In this top ten list updated weekly, the most important of hundreds of election-law cases are ranked for their rule of law implications.
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Top 10 Election Litigation Cases in 2024 Implicating the Rule of Law

A new, regularly updated tracker for the 2024 election.

Should Trump Get Jail Time? A Survey of Sentences for Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree

As Judge Merchan considers sentencing, a look at other cases of falsifying business records that did or didn't end in incarceration.

The Right to a Unanimous Verdict and the Jury Instructions in People v. Trump

In The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump, Justice Juan Merchan issued a set of jury instructions—55 pages in length. Merchan permitted the jury to convict based…
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