What’s at stake for the Voting Rights Act at the Supreme Court in the pending Louisiana v. Callais case?

Will the Court weigh in on the question whether private parties can sue to enforce Section 2 of the VRA, as was assumed by all until recently?

What’s the big picture on the Voting Rights Act and the 2026 elections?

On Season 7, Episode 3 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with Samantha Blencke, of the Native American Rights Fund, Ellen Katz of the University of Michigan, and Deuel Ross of the Legal Defense Fund.

How has the Supreme Court moved to the right in areas including voting rights and campaign finance?

What is happening with “shadow docket” rulings of the Supreme Court, and what does that tell us about the relationship between the Court and President Trump?

How should we understand how the Supreme Court has and should make decisions in its most controversial cases?

On Season 7, Episode 2 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with Michigan law professor Leah Litman, author of the new book, “Lawless.”

How likely is it that federal troops will be in United States cities on election day in 2026?

Have federal agencies moved from allies of state and local election administrators to impediments to sound election practices?

What changes might we expect regarding voter rolls and mail-in voting in 2026

On Season 7, Episode 1 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with Ben Haiman, Liz Howard, and Stephen Richer.

What does the Trump executive order on elections purport to do?

Why did a federal court put big parts of that executive order on hold?

Does this EO threaten the 2026 midterm elections?

On the season finale of Season 6 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with Danielle Lang of the Campaign Legal Center.

How did campaigning and false information in campaigns change in the 2024 elections?

What role did platform content moderation play in 2024?

Is generative AI going to change campaigns in 2028 and beyond?

On Season 6, Episode 7 of the ELB podcast, a roundtable with Alice Marwick, Kate Starbird, and Joshua Tucker.

Do documentary proof of citizenship laws stop a lot of illegal voting or suppress the votes of eligible voters?

How have such laws been implemented in the state of Arizona and elsewhere?

What are the prospects for passage of the SAVE Act, which would bring such laws to the nation as a whole?

On season 6, Episode 6 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, The Cato Institute’s Walter Olson, and Nina Perales of MALDEF.

What will the new Trump Administration and the new Congress do when it comes to voting rights and fair elections?

What challenges face state and local election officials going forward?

Will the courts stand up for voting rights and fair elections in the years to come?

On Season 6, Episode 5 of the ELB podcast, we feature a discussion with Amy Gardner, Pam Karlan, and Stephen Richer.

How did social media’s treatment of election content change in the 2024 elections?

What do Meta’s new announcements mean for politics and society going forward?

How might AI change everything?

On Season 6, Episode 4 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with social media and politics expert Katie Harbath.

What are the risks to a peaceful transition of power once all the votes have been cast?

What can we learn from history and from other democracies about our moment of democratic peril?

How worried should we be about the risks of political violence?

On Season 6, Episode 3 of the ELB Podcast we speak with Republican election lawyer Ben Ginsberg, the Hoover Institution’s Larry Diamond, the Carnegie Endowment’s Rachel Kleinfeld, and USC law dean Franita Tolson.

Why do we have the Electoral College and is its use justified today?

Why do Democrats and Republicans think differently about the Electoral College?

Does the Electoral College make it harder or easier to subvert American elections?

On Season 6, Episode 2 of the ELB Podcast we speak with Joey Fishkin of UCLA Law, Amanda Hollis-Brusky of Pomona College, and Derek Muller of Notre Dame Law School.