Emily Bazelon
New book, CHARGED, out now. (Find it at emilybazelon.com). Staff writer NYT Mag. Co-host Slate Political Gabfest. Truman Capote Fellow at Yale Law School.
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20,000 Ballots an Hour, With Paper and Ink by the Ton
This election will require more paper ballots than any other in American history — which means some serious human labor and machine power.
How to Fix the Supreme Court
Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation has tilted the high court’s ideological balance. What should the court’s future be, and who gets to decide it?
$80 million dark money group tied to Trump Supreme Court advisor, Leonard Leo - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
This new filing vastly increases the money known to be flowing into dark money groups tied to Federalist Society co-chairman Leonard Leo.
Emily Bazelon
$80 million dark money group tied to Trump Supreme Court advisor, Leonard Leo - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
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We the People: Election 2020 in the Courts on Apple Podcasts
Show We the People, Ep Election 2020 in the Courts - Oct 22, 2020
Biden Didn’t Take the Bait
Trump has pressed every boundary of the office, beyond its breaking point in some cases.
Emily Bazelon
On this week's @SlateGabfest: a real presidential debate; the horror of 545 children separated from their parents; and the coronavirus surge (with a plea from me to look to science on school reopening).
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Schoolchildren Seem Unlikely to Fuel Coronavirus Surges, Scientists Say
Researchers once feared that school reopenings might spread the virus through communities. But so far there is little evidence that it’s happening.
Disinformation is Solvable
Emily Bazelon is a staff writer for the New York Times Magazine and the Truman Capote Fellow for Creative Writing and Law at Yale Law School. She believes that disinformation is Solvable.
NYC has yet to release attendance data for this school year
Some teachers say many students aren’t showing up for classes.
The Right’s Disinformation Machine Is Getting Ready for Trump to Lose
QAnon has become a linchpin of far-right media—and the effort to preemptively delegitimize the election.
Supreme Court Bars Curbside Voting in Alabama
After a state election official banned the practice, a federal trial judge allowed, but did not require, counties to offer it in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
In Lieu of Fun, Episode 208: Emily Bazelon on the Future of Free Speech - Crowdcast
Register now for Lawfare's event on Crowdcast, scheduled to go live on Tuesday October 20, 2020 at 5:00 pm EDT.
The Case Against Google
Critics say the search giant is squelching competition before it begins. Should the government step in?
On GPS: The Barrett confirmation hearings - CNN Video
Emily Bazelon and Noah Feldman are back to break down what we learned about the judge likely to become the newest member of the US Supreme Court.
Naked Ballots | Vote by Mail
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Big Ideas Night: Criminal Justice Reform
Brittany K. Barnett (A Knock at Midnight), Emily Bazelon (Charged), and Shaka Senghor (Writing My Wrongs)
Bright Spot for N.Y.C.: In Schools, Only 18 Positives Out of 10,676 Tests
The absence of outbreaks, if it holds, suggests that the city’s efforts to return children to classrooms could serve as an influential model for the nation.
As Local News Dies, a Pay-for-Play Network Rises in Its Place
A nationwide operation of 1,300 local sites publishes coverage that is ordered up by Republican groups and corporate P.R. firms.
For 200 Years Courts Upheld Rules to Protect Americans’ Health. Until Now.
A catastrophic sequence of decisions has blocked states from responding to the pandemic.
Emily Bazelon
Have the courts been helpful in combatting the pandemic? Not as much as they were in the past, explains @JohnFabianWitt.
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