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The blog of Hamline University professor David Schultz

Friday, October 30, 2020

T-Minus and Counting: The Final Days to the November 3, US Elections

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  With any luck the 2020 US presidential elections will be over on November 3,.  At least the voting will be done.  Whether the voting cou...
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Monday, October 26, 2020

The Use and Abuse of Polls in US Elections

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Among the single most frequent questions I am asked every election cycle, but especially this one, is “Are the polls accurate?”  This questi...
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Friday, October 23, 2020

Trump, Biden, and the State of the US Presidential Election Today: It ain’t over till…

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  With a little more than a week before the official US presidential election on November 3, the race between Joe Biden and Donald Trump is ...
Saturday, October 17, 2020

Amy Coney Barrett, and her Originalism: Why Individual Rights Lose

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 Supreme Court Justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett is a threat to many constitutional precedents, including Roe v. Wade (abortion rights), Nat...
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Friday, October 2, 2020

Covid-19, Presidential Succession, and the 2020 Elections: What the Constitution Says

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          President Trump has the coronavirus.   While all should wish him well, one still has to think about what happens if: 1)   he is in...
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Sunday, September 27, 2020

The Pornofication of the 2020 Election

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  American democracy  is threatened, but not for the reasons  depicted in recent election law porn.  Donald Trump’s comments about mail-in-v...
Saturday, September 26, 2020

Biden versus Trump: Why Presidential Debates Still Matter

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  For 60 years US presidential debates have been important political events in American elections.  The famous 1960 Nixon-Kennedy debate ush...
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Professor in the political science department at Hamline University where he teaches classes in American politics, public policy and administration, and ethics. Schultz holds an appointment at the University of Minnesota law school and teaches election law, state constitutional law, and professional responsibility. He has authored/edited 30 books, 12 legal treatises, and more than 100 articles on topics including civil service reform, election law, eminent domain, constitutional law, public policy, legal and political theory, and the media and politics. In addition to 25+ years teaching, he has worked in government as a director of code enforcement and for a community action agency as an economic and housing planner.
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