Idaho Law Review Symposium 2020
Democracy Evolved: The Future of American Elections
Election Law Symposium by the Idaho Law Review and the McClure Center for Public Policy Research
In 1870, the 15th Amendment was ratified, formally prohibiting vote denial on the basis of race. In 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified, prohibiting vote denial on the basis of sex. In the 1960s, the Supreme Court established the one-person-one-vote-principle and Congress enacted the Voting Rights Act. In 2000, the Supreme Court decided the presidential election in Bush v. Gore. In 2016, the country experienced one of the most controversial and polarizing elections in modern history. On the eve of the 2020 election, we examine American democracy and ask: Where are we now, and where might we be - 4 years, 20 years, 50 years, 100 years, or even 150 years from now? Learn more through the following FREE discussions (Idaho CLE pending):
American Democracy in 2020
October 20, 2020
12 - 1 p.m. MT/11 - 12p.m. PT
Moderator:
Shaakirrah Sanders
- Professor of Law, University of Idaho College of Law
Panelists:
- C. Wendell and Edith M. Carlsmith Professor of Law, Stanford College of Law
- Author of Maintaining Power Through Voter Suppression
- Assistant Professor of Law, Erasmus School of Law Rotterdam
- Author of American Muslims: The Untouchables of American Constitutional Democracy?
- Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Administration and Strategic Initiatives, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Emerging Technologies and Electoral Innovation
October 20, 2020
4 - 5 p.m. MT/3 - 4p.m. PT
Moderator:
- Director, James A. & Louise McClure Center for Public Policy Research
Panelists:
- Associate Attorney, Anderson, Julian & Hull, LLP
- Author of The Balk Stops Here: Standards for the Justiciability of Gerrymandering in the Coming Age of Artificial Intelligence
- Elections Integrity Fellow, Alliance for Securing Democracy
- Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, United States Air Force
- Author of Fighting Election Hackers and Trolls on Their Own Turf: Defending Forward in Cyberspace
Native American Voting Rights
October 27, 2020
12 - 1 p.m. MT/11 - 12p.m. PT
Moderator:
- Associate Professor of Law, Director of the Native American Law Program, University of Idaho College of Law
Panelists:
- Ph.D. Candidate, Stanford Department of Political Science
- Author of Native American Representation: What the Future Holds
- Managing Attorney, Nez Perce Office of Legal Counsel
Hayden Morotz
- Author of Tribal Opt-In to the Voting Rights Act: Strengthening Sovereignty to Resist Native Voter Suppression
New Visions of American Democracy
October 27, 2020
4 - 5 p.m. MT/3 - 4p.m. PT
Moderator:
- Margaret Schimke Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Idaho College of Law
Panelists:
- Professor of Law, Drake University Law School
- Author of The Small Margins Problem: How Abolishing the Electoral College Could Create a Future Election Crisis
- CEO and Co-Founder, Idaho Trust Bank
- Author of What Are We Afraid Of? Three Suggestions for Maximizing Voter Participation
- Assistant Minority Leader, State of Idaho
- State of Idaho
Authors:
- David O'Brien & Pam Keller
- Rick LaRue
- Lynn Adelman
- Naomi Doraisamy
- Hayden Marotz
- Nicole Gabriel
- Agnes Gambill
- Danielle Strollo