Garrett Epps
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- Sep 17, 2026
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The Case for a Shadow Court (opens the original)
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One dismal morning in January 2001, I strode into a University of Oregon classroom to face 90 fresh-faced first-year law students. I had the unenviable task of explaining the “law” behind Bush v. Gore, decided a month earlier. What could I say to these legal novices, beyond “It is not too late to reconsider the life choices that brought you here”? There was no explanation for Bush v. Gore other than the obvious: The Supreme Court took the election away from the people because five of its members
Trump’s Election Subversion Plans? (opens the original)
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In May, I logged in to a virtual town hall meeting convened by two of my elected officials in Oregon—Secretary of State Tobias Read and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, both Democrats—on election security in the midterm elections. I wasn’t surprised to hear that Read and Merkley were concerned that the Republican Party and President Donald Trump might attempt to disrupt the 2026 midterms. But my attention was seized when Merkley said, “We may need to have a citizen brigade just stand outside places wh
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