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When can states change election rules, and who has the authority to do so? These questions are taking center stage in courtrooms across America as the 2026 elections unfold. Stanford Legal's latest episode tackles the complex legal landscape surrounding voting rights and election Read moreadministration.
Professor Pam Karlan talks with Professor Nate Persily, JD '98, one of the nation's foremost election law scholars, for an in-depth discussion on redistricting battles, mail voting controversies, and the federal-state power struggle over election rules. From Missouri's mid-cycle redistricting plan to Postal Service policy changes affecting mail ballots, Persily provides expert analysis on how these disputes could shape American democracy.
Listen to the episode: https://law.stanford.edu/stanford-legal/u-s-elections-under-pressure-from-white-house/
How did communities decide who was mentally competent to vote in 19th-century America?
On Sept. 28, Stanford Law School Professor Rabia Belt will explore this question at Berkeley Law, as part of a speaker series hosted by the Berkeley Law Center for the Study of Law & Society.
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Her talk, “Mental Incompetence on the Ground: Community Construction of Disability in Democracy,” examines how neighbors, relatives and election officials shaped definitions of disability and access to the ballot.
Drawing from her book in progress, Belt will consider how local knowledge and social relationships influenced the everyday construction of American democracy.
Monday, Sept. 28, 2026 | 12:15-2 p.m.
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Featuring Rabia Belt, Professor of Law and Professor of History (by courtesy), Stanford Law School Abstract: Who was mentally competent to vote?...
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A law on the books in Memphis still calls for racially segregated schools. It’s one of thousands of old discriminatory provisions buried in local codes. Stanford Law's RegLab and HAI used AI to find them. Here’s what researchers uncovered:
(Originally published by The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI on September 8, 2026.) In Michigan, it is against the law for a non-citizen of
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