In this episode, we are joined by Professor Justin Levitt, a nationally recognized scholar of constitutional law and the law of democracy at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. Professor Levitt served as the White House’s first Senior Policy Advisor for Democracy and Voting Rights and as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He is also the founder of All About Redistricting, a website that tracks redistricting across the country.
Professor Levitt discusses his Discourse essay "Election-Related Search Warrants," co-written with John Keller, former Acting Chief of the Public Integrity Section at the U.S. Department of Justice, and available soon on UCLALawReview.org. The essay asks a question few courts have faced: when may federal agents seize election materials before the results are final? Professor Levitt explains what has shifted to make this a live legal question, what could go wrong for election officials, and what voters should know as the November 3 midterms approach.
