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Joshua A. Douglas teaches and researches election law and voting rights, civil procedure, constitutional law, and judicial decision making.
His most recent legal scholarship focuses on the constitutional right to vote, with an emphasis on state constitutions, as well as the various laws, rules, and judicial decisions impacting election administration. He has also written extensively on election law procedure.
Professor Douglas has published in top journals, including the Georgetown Law Journal, Penn Law Review Online, Vanderbilt Law Review, Washington University Law Review, George Washington Law Review, William & Mary Law Review, Indiana Law Journal, and the Election Law Journal, among others. His article Procedural Fairness in Election Contests was a winner of the 2011-12 SEALS Call for Papers, and he has been cited extensively in major law review articles and case books in the field.
He is also a co-author of an Election Law case book (Aspen Publishers 2014) and a co-editor of Election Law Stories (Foundation Press 2016), which tells the behind-the-scenes stories of the major cases in the field. In addition, his media commentaries have appeared in the New York Times, CNN, Washington Post, LA Times, USA Today, Reuters, Politico, The Atlantic, Huffington Post, and Slate, among others, and he has been quoted in major newspapers throughout the country. He appeared live on CNN on Election Day 2016.
Further, he was the founder and initial Chair of the AALS Section on Election Law.
Prior to joining UK, Professor Douglas clerked for the Honorable Edward C. Prado of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and practiced litigation at the law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld. Professor Douglas earned his J.D. from George Washington University Law School, where he was an articles editor on the GW Law Review.
baseball (go Nationals!), training for marathons (he has run 5!), listening
to the music from the musical Hamilton, and traveling the country and the
world.
baseball (go Nationals!), training for marathons (he has run 5!), listening
to the music from the musical Hamilton, and traveling the country and the
world.
baseball (go Nationals!), training for marathons (he has run 5!), listening
to the music from the musical Hamilton, and traveling the country and the
world.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Juris Doctor, George Washington University
2007
Bachelor of Arts, George Washington University
2002
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A Major Wrong on a Private Right of Action Under the Voting Rights Act
Douglas, J. A. & Graber, M., 2024, In: Washington and Lee law review. 81, 3, p. 1127-1151Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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The Court v. The Voters: The Troubling Story of How the Supreme Court Has Undermined Voting Rights
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Introduction: There Must Be Something in the Water - or the Bourbon - In Kentucky: Voting Rights in the Bluegrass State
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Election Law and Litigation: The Judicial Regulation of Politics
Douglas, J., Foley, E. & Pitts, M., 2022, 2 ed. 834 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Elections as Duels: "You Know What? We Can Change That, You Know Why?" 'Cuz We Have the Support of Two-Thirds of Each House of Congress and Three-Quarters of the States!
Douglas, J., 2020, Hamilton and the Law: Reading Today's Most Contentious Legal Issues through the Hit Musical. Tucker, L. (ed.).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter