This collection of case studies illustrates how federal judges managed the time pressures of emergency election litigation in the years 2000 through 2020. The case studies are based on reviews of the court records and interviews with more than one hundred judges. The 513 case studies cover 717 emergency cases and an additional 151 related cases.
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Emergency Election Litigation in Federal Courts: From Bush v. Gore to Covid-19
December 4, 2023
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