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Topical Currents

The Impact of Law & Litigation on U.S. Elections and the ACLU of Florida

11/04/14 - Tuesday' s Topical Currents looks at how US elections have been increasingly influenced by

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Howard Simon, ACLU of Florida Executive Director, taken at Amnesty International protest in Miami.

law and litigation. We visit with St. Paul, Minnesota’s Hamline University political science professor, David Schultz, and discuss his book ELECTION LAW AND DEMOCRATIC THEORY. Also with us, in our Miami studio, is Howard Simon, the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida (ACLU). Tuesday’s elections promise to be close and intense.  There will likely be legal disputes. Learn more at 1pm on Tuesday's Topical Currents.

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