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Dissecting DOJ’s Letter to California Election Officials: Empty Threats of’ Criminal Liability
Legal expert breaks down the Justice Department's letter to California election officials over purported noncitizens voting and mail ballots.
Boots Off Ballots: Troops and Elections, In Practice
Soldiers should always remember that in a democracy, any domestic deployment order given on or around an election is suspect.
Collection: Just Security 2026 Midterm Election Analysis and Commentary
This collection brings together analysis of the legal and policy issues surrounding the 2026 U.S. midterm elections published on Just Security.
No Emergency Exception: The Ban on Troops at the Polls Was Built for Crises
Section 592 unmistakably conveys Congress’s intent to bar any kind of military interference in American elections.
Auctioning Democracy: Trump’s Promise of a $5,000 “Dividend”
Trump's pledge to pay $5,000 to every adult U.S. citizen if Republicans retain control of Congress could violate federal criminal law.
Boots Off Ballots: The Law
Federal law and the Constitution are abundantly clear: efforts to involve troops in U.S. elections are anti-constitutional and illegal.
Hard Lessons from Brazil on Defending Democracy
The United States could learn from Brazil about forming a cross-sectoral coalition to defend democratic institutions. So why is it falling short?
The Second AI Election: Testing the Safeguards Before November
Tests of six popular AI models show how easily their election safeguards can be bypassed, and what companies, lawmakers, and civil society should be before November.
“Pay for Play?” Trump’s Bosnia Moves Highlighted in U.S. House Probe
A House Foreign Affairs Committee report sheds light on the Trump administration's contentious interventions into Bosnia's politics.
Withholding Consent: Dominant Parties, Opposition Failure, and Youth Disengagement in Southern Africa
Lagging turnout of young voters in southern Africa should be understood not as apathy, but as a refusal to endorse existing political choices.
What’s Conspicuously Missing from the Government’s Supreme Court Reply Brief in the Mail Ballots Case
The most noteworthy development of the past couple of days is what Solicitor General Sauer does not say.
The Simplest Way for the Supreme Court to Rule in the USPS Mail Ballots Case
Marty Lederman outlines the easiest and most straightforward way for SCOTUS to decide the USPS mail-in ballot case