Josh Douglas
@joshuaadouglas.bsky.social
Election law and voting rights professor at the University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law. Acting Associate Dean for Research. New book, The Court v The Voters, published in May 2024! Award winning podcast: Democracy Optimist. Taco lover.
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Josh Douglas
@joshuaadouglas.bsky.social
· Nov 13
The Court v. The Voters: The Troubling Story of How the Supreme Court Has Undermined Voting Rights: Douglas, Joshua A.: 9780807010938: Amazon.com: Books
The Court v. The Voters: The Troubling Story of How the Supreme Court Has Undermined Voting Rights [Douglas, Joshua A.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Court v. The Voters: The Troubling Story of How the Supreme Court Has Undermined Voting Rights
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I guess I haven't posted on here in awhile and haven't shared the link to my book. So, if you haven't seen it yet, I wrote a book about why the Supreme Court has been terrible on voting rights. Check it out: www.amazon.com/Court-v-Vote...
I really enjoyed my talk at Vanderbilt Law School. The students asked very smart and engaging questions. #UKLawProfResearch
November 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I really enjoyed my talk at Vanderbilt Law School. The students asked very smart and engaging questions. #UKLawProfResearch
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On this day in 1917, NY women won equal voting rights. The referendum victory—703,129 votes to 600,776—came after years of suffrage marches in NY and a hard-fought loss in a 1915 NY referendum. The victory helped set the stage for the final push for the Nineteenth Amendment. #WeTheMen
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On this day in 1917, NY women won equal voting rights. The referendum victory—703,129 votes to 600,776—came after years of suffrage marches in NY and a hard-fought loss in a 1915 NY referendum. The victory helped set the stage for the final push for the Nineteenth Amendment. #WeTheMen
Today I ugly cried in front of 75 law students.
Saying goodbye to our dog, Rudy, has been insanely hard. He's been a constant in our lives for the past 16 and a half years. It truly is like losing a family member.
Saying goodbye to our dog, Rudy, has been insanely hard. He's been a constant in our lives for the past 16 and a half years. It truly is like losing a family member.
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Today I ugly cried in front of 75 law students.
Saying goodbye to our dog, Rudy, has been insanely hard. He's been a constant in our lives for the past 16 and a half years. It truly is like losing a family member.
Saying goodbye to our dog, Rudy, has been insanely hard. He's been a constant in our lives for the past 16 and a half years. It truly is like losing a family member.
State constitutions have broad pro-voter rights. Voters care.
Pennsylvania Justice David Wecht to @boltsmag.org: “The projected victory for the three of us speaks well of our democracy. We all campaigned on the basis of vindicating the Pennsylvania constitution’s free and equal elections clause, and we’re all committed to continuing to vindicate that right.”
Democrats have successfully defended three seats on the all-important Pennsylvania Supreme Court. This means the court will be controlled by Ds through the midterms, and almost definitely through 2028 as well.
My story on the result: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
My story on the result: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
State constitutions have broad pro-voter rights. Voters care.
This is among the more important elections tonight.
Some very early results show Maine’s Question 1, a Republican measure to restrict mail voting and require voter ID, running well behind Trump in 2024, when he lost Maine by 7.
For example… Newry was Harris +11, but opposed Q1 +30. Dixmont was Trump +28, but supported Q1 only +7.
For example… Newry was Harris +11, but opposed Q1 +30. Dixmont was Trump +28, but supported Q1 only +7.
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This is among the more important elections tonight.
Rudy “Floppy Ears” Douglas, May 1, 2009-Nov 3, 2025.
An amazing dog. Thanks for an incredible 16.5 years. 🦮💔
An amazing dog. Thanks for an incredible 16.5 years. 🦮💔
November 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Rudy “Floppy Ears” Douglas, May 1, 2009-Nov 3, 2025.
An amazing dog. Thanks for an incredible 16.5 years. 🦮💔
An amazing dog. Thanks for an incredible 16.5 years. 🦮💔
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In a World Series between an American and Canadian team, the real winner is Japan.
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
In a World Series between an American and Canadian team, the real winner is Japan.
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Pitchers and catchers 105 days
November 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Pitchers and catchers 105 days
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For the 6th year in a row, a player named Will Smith has won the World Series
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
For the 6th year in a row, a player named Will Smith has won the World Series
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
Exciting news from the UK Law Clinic: In Summer 2025, Dr. Austin Zinkle, co-director of the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice-KY clinic, was awarded the James Ingebretsen Memorial Travel Fellowship at the University of Oregon. #UKLawProfResearch
October 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Exciting news from the UK Law Clinic: In Summer 2025, Dr. Austin Zinkle, co-director of the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice-KY clinic, was awarded the James Ingebretsen Memorial Travel Fellowship at the University of Oregon. #UKLawProfResearch
Check out the latest episode of the Democracy Optimist podcast, where I interview state Rep. Anne Donworth. open.spotify.com/episode/4CAv...
Anne Donworth
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October 31, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Check out the latest episode of the Democracy Optimist podcast, where I interview state Rep. Anne Donworth. open.spotify.com/episode/4CAv...
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Voters:
You got this.
Make a plan to vote. Then just follow the plan.
Vote early if you can.
There are plenty of ways to make your voice heard, loud and clear. Just try to tune out the noise.
You got this.
Make a plan to vote. Then just follow the plan.
Vote early if you can.
There are plenty of ways to make your voice heard, loud and clear. Just try to tune out the noise.
October 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Voters:
You got this.
Make a plan to vote. Then just follow the plan.
Vote early if you can.
There are plenty of ways to make your voice heard, loud and clear. Just try to tune out the noise.
You got this.
Make a plan to vote. Then just follow the plan.
Vote early if you can.
There are plenty of ways to make your voice heard, loud and clear. Just try to tune out the noise.
Baseball is the best.
October 28, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Baseball is the best.
On Tuesday, Oct. 28, UK Law Prof @mboaz.bsky.social is speaking for a panel with the American Criminal Law Review and Georgetown Immigration Law Journal on Crimmigration. Check it out! #UKLawProfResearch
October 27, 2025 at 2:24 AM
On Tuesday, Oct. 28, UK Law Prof @mboaz.bsky.social is speaking for a panel with the American Criminal Law Review and Georgetown Immigration Law Journal on Crimmigration. Check it out! #UKLawProfResearch
The latest episode of the Democracy Optimist podcast is out! For this segment I spoke with voting rights lawyer Denise Lieberman of Missouri to discuss mid-decade redistricting. #UKLawProfResearch open.spotify.com/episode/0w7r...
Denise Lieberman
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October 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The latest episode of the Democracy Optimist podcast is out! For this segment I spoke with voting rights lawyer Denise Lieberman of Missouri to discuss mid-decade redistricting. #UKLawProfResearch open.spotify.com/episode/0w7r...
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for everyone very concerned about Maine elections, there's a ballot measure this November, funded by Leonard Leo, to make voting a lot harder in the state. Could have big impact in 2026 if it passes
@burness.bsky.social did a deep dive at @boltsmag.org
boltsmag.org/maine-questi...
@burness.bsky.social did a deep dive at @boltsmag.org
boltsmag.org/maine-questi...
A Ballot Measure Targets Mail Voting in Maine - Bolts
Question 1, on the November ballot, would set up a barrage of new restrictions on absentee ballots that would considerably affect older voters and people with disabilities.
boltsmag.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
for everyone very concerned about Maine elections, there's a ballot measure this November, funded by Leonard Leo, to make voting a lot harder in the state. Could have big impact in 2026 if it passes
@burness.bsky.social did a deep dive at @boltsmag.org
boltsmag.org/maine-questi...
@burness.bsky.social did a deep dive at @boltsmag.org
boltsmag.org/maine-questi...
What happened in the 2020 election is that there was a well-run, fraud-free election and the people spoke through their votes.
Same as in 2024.
Same as in 2024.
Trump: "We can never let what happened in the 2020 election happen again. We just can't let that happen. I know Kash is working on it, everybody is working on it. And certainly Tulsi is working on it. We can't let that happen again to our country."
October 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
What happened in the 2020 election is that there was a well-run, fraud-free election and the people spoke through their votes.
Same as in 2024.
Same as in 2024.
This looks great! Looking forward to reading. This book sounds like the perfect topic for my podcast, Democracy Optimist.
It’s book launch day for Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual For Keeping A Democracy, my first book. I hope you’ll read it or listen to it. a.co/d/43dbybC
October 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This looks great! Looking forward to reading. This book sounds like the perfect topic for my podcast, Democracy Optimist.
A new draft article by Prof Luke Meier of Baylor University School of Law cites not one, not two, but THREE UK Law Professors (Mary Davis, Robert Schwemm, and Richard Ausness). Suffice to say that this article has GREAT research! #UKLawProfResearch papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Failure-to-Warn Suits Against Pharmaceutical Companies: Physician Testimony, Causation, and Summary Judgment
<p><span> <i>It is hard to win a tort suit against a pharmaceutical company. The theory that a drug or medic
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October 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A new draft article by Prof Luke Meier of Baylor University School of Law cites not one, not two, but THREE UK Law Professors (Mary Davis, Robert Schwemm, and Richard Ausness). Suffice to say that this article has GREAT research! #UKLawProfResearch papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Misinformation and Propaganda - Telling Truth from Fiction
Free! Virtual! Thursday, October 23. 6-7:30 CST 4-5:30 PST
Civics for Adults.
Registration link on this page:
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@lwvus.bsky.social @lwvor.bsky.social
Free! Virtual! Thursday, October 23. 6-7:30 CST 4-5:30 PST
Civics for Adults.
Registration link on this page:
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@lwvus.bsky.social @lwvor.bsky.social
Free On-line class: Civics for Adults-Misinformation and Propaganda – Telling Truth from Fiction
Sponsored by the Valley Center Public Library 6 PM on Thu. October 23, 6 PM CDT via Zoom MeetingPre-registration is required: Overwhelmed with messages from politicians, news sources and onli…
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October 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Misinformation and Propaganda - Telling Truth from Fiction
Free! Virtual! Thursday, October 23. 6-7:30 CST 4-5:30 PST
Civics for Adults.
Registration link on this page:
valleycenter.scklslibrary.info/free-on-line...
@lwvus.bsky.social @lwvor.bsky.social
Free! Virtual! Thursday, October 23. 6-7:30 CST 4-5:30 PST
Civics for Adults.
Registration link on this page:
valleycenter.scklslibrary.info/free-on-line...
@lwvus.bsky.social @lwvor.bsky.social
Almost 90 million people didn’t vote in 2024.
Everyone should commit to finding at least one person who didn’t vote in 2024 to bring them to the polls for the next election.
That’s how you create the democracy you want.
Everyone should commit to finding at least one person who didn’t vote in 2024 to bring them to the polls for the next election.
That’s how you create the democracy you want.
October 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Almost 90 million people didn’t vote in 2024.
Everyone should commit to finding at least one person who didn’t vote in 2024 to bring them to the polls for the next election.
That’s how you create the democracy you want.
Everyone should commit to finding at least one person who didn’t vote in 2024 to bring them to the polls for the next election.
That’s how you create the democracy you want.
"GOP Rep. James Comer of the First District — which is oddly stretched from far west Kentucky to Frankfort — is in the most comfortable position."
That's one way to describe extreme partisan gerrymandering.
That's one way to describe extreme partisan gerrymandering.
October 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"GOP Rep. James Comer of the First District — which is oddly stretched from far west Kentucky to Frankfort — is in the most comfortable position."
That's one way to describe extreme partisan gerrymandering.
That's one way to describe extreme partisan gerrymandering.
NEW for @washingtonmonthly.com: my thoughts on this week's oral argument in the big Voting Rights Act case. #UKLawProfResearch
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How the Roberts Court Could Neuter the Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court may hollow out Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by letting states defend racial bias in maps as partisan politics.
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October 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
NEW for @washingtonmonthly.com: my thoughts on this week's oral argument in the big Voting Rights Act case. #UKLawProfResearch
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Always enjoy appearing on the #Bradcast and even better to do it with @davedaley.bsky.social
'Roberts-Mandering': Activist SCOTUS Repubs Appear Ready to Gut Rest of Voting Rights Act: Today's #BradCast
...Perhaps before the critical 2026 midterms; Guests: Prof. @joshuaadouglas.bsky.social of Univ. of KY; @davedaley.bsky.social of FairVote...
FULL STORY, LISTEN: bradblog.com?p=15533
...Perhaps before the critical 2026 midterms; Guests: Prof. @joshuaadouglas.bsky.social of Univ. of KY; @davedaley.bsky.social of FairVote...
FULL STORY, LISTEN: bradblog.com?p=15533
October 17, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Always enjoy appearing on the #Bradcast and even better to do it with @davedaley.bsky.social