How It All Adds Up
Lawrence Lessig discusses institutional threats to representative democracy.
The 2020 U.S. presidential election: HLS faculty and scholars weigh in
HLS faculty and legal scholars consider the legal concerns and challenges that have emerged as the United States prepares for the 2020 presidential election.
An Election for the History Books?
Harvard professors place the 2020 presidential race in historical context and consider its impact on our future.
Simulating responses to election disinformation
In an effort to combat multiple potential vectors of attack on the 2020 U.S. election, two Berkman Klein Center affiliates have published a package of “tabletop exercises,” freely available to decisionmakers and the public to simulate realistic scenarios in which disinformation threatens to disrupt the 2020 election.
‘A democracy can only be as strong as the citizens who participate in it’
This fall, the Equal Democracy Project turns its focus to voter registration and engagement.
When Voting Is a Risky Choice
The November 2020 general election was shaping up to be one of the most highly anticipated, nerve-wracking and deeply contested elections in American history, with most onlookers expecting record-breaking voter turnout. Then a pandemic hit.
Does recent Supreme Court ruling suggest the Electoral College is ‘good for nothing’ ?
In a Q&A, Jason Harrow ’11, who argued before the Supreme Court in a case involving the electoral college and faithless electors, shares where he believes U.S. electoral reform should go from here.
Lessig, who argued on behalf of ‘faithless electors,’ responds to the Supreme Court’s decision
Lawrence Lessig issues a statement on the unanimous Supreme Court ruling that states can require Electoral College voters to back the victor of their state’s popular vote.
Voting Rights Litigation and Advocacy Clinic launches at HLS
Harvard Law School has launched a new Voting Rights Litigation and Advocacy Clinic. The clinic joins the 46 legal clinics and student practice organizations that make up the school’s clinical program.
Leading scholars bring new expertise
Effective Jan. 1, three faculty members were promoted and two new scholars joined the HLS faculty.