Hans von Spakovsky is the manager of the Election Law Reform Initiative and a senior legal fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
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The widely reported indictment of former President Donald Trump by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, headed by Alvin Bragg, doesn’t come as a surprise. That… Read More
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In what only can be categorized as a win for liberty and a pushback against an authoritarian president who asserts power he doesn’t have, a… Read More
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In a scathing opinion on Wednesday that questions the credibility of the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. District Court Judge T. Kent Wetherell II for… Read More
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Editor’s note: This article has been corrected to reflect that Kathy Funk was charged with, not convicted of, felony ballot tampering charge. This article has also… Read More
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For yet another example of how out-of-control federal bureaucrats think they can stretch the law beyond recognition to meet their policy preferences, look no further… Read More
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In a move that has gotten little notice in the press, the Biden administration is proposing federal hiring rules that easily could be abused to… Read More
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Trust the science, we’ve all been told. Well, the science has spoken again: Voter ID laws aren’t discriminatory and don’t suppress anyone’s vote. For years,… Read More
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Here is the question: When will President Joe Biden, failed gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, Major League Baseball Commissioner Robert Manfred, and other denizens of the… Read More
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The Heritage Foundation’s Election Fraud Database now includes 1,412 proven instances of election fraud, and our legal center is monitoring many other ongoing prosecutions. The… Read More
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The Biden administration’s open-border policies and its refusal to fully enforce federal immigration laws have imposed huge costs on local communities across the country. Border states are… Read More
