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      How have U.S. presidents found ways to expand their powers to achieve their goals?

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  • Fall 2020

    Fall 2020

    Putting the 2020 race in historical context and considering its impact on our democracy

  • Summer 2020

    Summer 2020

    From grappling with the challenges of an unprecedented health crisis to addressing longstanding racial injustices, HLS affiliates respond

  • Winter 2020

    Winter 2020

    From law and forgiveness to politics and the integrity of the Supreme Court to an insider’s view on foreign policy, HLS faculty tackle big issues with scholarship, candor, and compassion

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    Summer 2019

    How have U.S. presidents found ways to expand their powers to achieve their goals?

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    Winter 2019

    Bringing slavery's legacy to light

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    Summer 2018

    Celebrating Harvard Law School’s clinics and Students Practice Organizations

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Topic: Election Law

HLS scholars weigh in on the events in the U.S. Capitol

NY: Pro-Trump riot in Washington DC

Scholars across Harvard Law School have been sharing their perspectives on issues of accountability and the peaceful transfer of presidential power after an unprecedented attack on the U.S. Capitol.

  • Themes: Faculty Scholarship
  • Topics: Civil Rights, Constitutional, Criminal, National and International Security, Ethics, International, Mediation & Negotiation, Election Law

‘A grim form of political theater’

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Harvard Law Visiting Professor Sanford Levinson puts the storming of the Capitol in historical perspective.

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning
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Did implicit bias lead to breach of U.S. Capitol?

Electoral College Vote

Harvard Law School’s James Tierney says police would have treated Black Lives Matter protesters differently.

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning
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Constitutional scholar Guy-Uriel Charles, a leading expert on race, politics and election law, to join HLS

Guy-Uriel Charles

Guy-Uriel Charles will join the Harvard Law faculty as the inaugural Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. Professor of Law, effective July 1. He will also serve as faculty director of HLS’s Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice.

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Transfer of power

Joe Biden Sworn In As 46th President Of The United States At U.S. Capitol Inauguration Ceremony

Harvard Law School scholars weigh in on the transfer of presidential power and what the events in weeks prior mean for the future of democracy in America.

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Political discourse and the 2020 U.S. Election

political discourse and the 2020 U.S. election

The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society researchers Yochai Benkler and Robert Faris document how polarized media in the United States shape political discourse and the 2020 election.

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning
  • Topics: Public Service, Business, Science & Technology, Cyberlaw, Election Law

‘Be the Twitter that you want to see in the world’

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Ahead of the 2020 presidential election in the United States, experts from the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society convened to discuss how platforms are approaching mis- and disinformation and what they can improve going forward.

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning, Faculty Scholarship
  • Topics: National and International Security, International, Cyberlaw, Election Law

Election 2020 debrief: What happened and what’s next?

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In an “Election 2020 Debrief” event, a panel of Harvard Law School professors agree that the essential divisions of the American electorate remain unresolved, but find cause for some highly cautious optimism.

  • Themes: Teaching & Learning, Faculty Scholarship
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The 2020 U.S. presidential election: HLS faculty and scholars weigh in

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HLS faculty and legal scholars consider the legal concerns and challenges that have emerged as the United States prepares for the 2020 presidential election and its aftereffects.

  • Themes: Faculty Scholarship
  • Topics: Civil Rights, Constitutional, Public Service, Ethics, Election Law

Harvard Law class games out worst-case election scenarios—and ways to remedy them

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Given the strong possibility that Tuesday night’s presidential election will not go off without a hitch, a group of Harvard Law School students have launched a website that explores every other possible election scenario.

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