Judges used to stay out of election disputes, but this year lawsuits could well decide the presidency
- Written by Austin Sarat, Associate Provost and Associate Dean of the Faculty and Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
A poll worker places vote-by-mail ballots into a ballot box set up at the Miami-Dade Election Department headquarters on Oct. 14, 2020 in Doral, Fla.Joe Raedle/Getty Images News via GettyThroughout American history judges have generally tried to avoid getting involved in political questions, including litigation about elections. They followed...