[cross-posted from Balkinization]
Symposium on Richard L. Hasen, Election Meltdown: Collected Posts
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Here are the collected posts for our Balkinization symposium on Rick Hasen’s new book, Election Meltdown: Dirty Tricks, Distrust, and the Threat to American Democracy (Yale University Press, 2020).
1. Jack Balkin Introduction to the Symposium on Rick Hasen, Election Meltdown
2. Joseph Fishkin, Arguing with Nihilists as the House Burns
3. Ciara C Torres-Spelliscy, The Easy and Not So Easy Fixes to an Election Meltdown
4. Dan Tokaji, The Centrifugal Forces of Democracy
5. Stephen Griffin, Hasen’s Timely Warning
6. Franita Tolson, The Default of American Politics: The Perpetual and Never-ending Prospect of an Election Meltdown
7. Tabatha Abu El-Haj, Too Little Hope, Not Enough Gloom
8. Nate Persily, The Paradox of Political Problem Perception (or if you will, Persily’s Paradox)
9. Guy Charles, Meltdown? On Rhetoric and Causation
10. Rick Hasen, The Election Meltdown Paradox, and Broader Questions About the Health, Stability, and Future of American Elections and Democracy