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Rulings on Wisconsin Election Raise Questions About Judicial Partisanship

The New York Times, April 7, 2020

April 7, 2020

Rulings on Wisconsin Election Raise Questions About Judicial Partisanship

Richard L. Hasen, a law professor at the University of California, Irvine, and the author of a recently published and prescient book, “Election Meltdown,” said the pandemic had made a bad situation much worse. “Monday’s performance by the courts augurs a nasty partisan divide in the judicial branch,” Professor Hasen said. “It threatens the legitimacy of both the election and the courts.” … “Covid-19 means there will be even more lawsuits than before over issues like absentee ballot protocols and the safety of in-person voting.”