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
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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...
Road trip!
I just called one of those “how’s my driving” phone numbers. Told them that their driver seemed to be doing a good job.
I just called one of those “how’s my driving” phone numbers. Told them that their driver seemed to be doing a good job.
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Road trip!
I just called one of those “how’s my driving” phone numbers. Told them that their driver seemed to be doing a good job.
I just called one of those “how’s my driving” phone numbers. Told them that their driver seemed to be doing a good job.
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State courts need to put an end to this nonsense. Here's how they should use state constitutions to invalidate mid-decade redistricting: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
State courts need to put an end to this nonsense. Here's how they should use state constitutions to invalidate mid-decade redistricting: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
State courts need to put an end to this nonsense. Here's how they should use state constitutions to invalidate mid-decade redistricting: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
State courts need to put an end to this nonsense. Here's how they should use state constitutions to invalidate mid-decade redistricting: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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NEW DRAFT: I just posted a draft of a new article: "One Decade, One Map: State Constitutional Limits on Mid-Decade Redistricting." It's forthcoming in the Minnesota Law Review. Check it out! #UKLawProfResearch
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
One Decade, One Map: State Constitutional Limits on Mid-Decade Redistricting
<p><span>In 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court closed the federal courthouse doors to claims of partisan gerrymandering, effectively permitting states to engage in wh
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November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
NEW DRAFT: I just posted a draft of a new article: "One Decade, One Map: State Constitutional Limits on Mid-Decade Redistricting." It's forthcoming in the Minnesota Law Review. Check it out! #UKLawProfResearch
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
NEW DRAFT: I just posted a draft of a new article: "One Decade, One Map: State Constitutional Limits on Mid-Decade Redistricting." It's forthcoming in the Minnesota Law Review. Check it out! #UKLawProfResearch
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
One Decade, One Map: State Constitutional Limits on Mid-Decade Redistricting
<p><span>In 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court closed the federal courthouse doors to claims of partisan gerrymandering, effectively permitting states to engage in wh
papers.ssrn.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
NEW DRAFT: I just posted a draft of a new article: "One Decade, One Map: State Constitutional Limits on Mid-Decade Redistricting." It's forthcoming in the Minnesota Law Review. Check it out! #UKLawProfResearch
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Important story from @boltsmag.org about the impact of the Voting Rights Act on local communities. boltsmag.org/voting-right...
Black Residents in West Tennessee Just Won Fairer Districts. Now Comes SCOTUS. - Bolts
The Supreme Court may further erode the Voting Rights Act in an upcoming decision. Beyond affecting Congress, that would reverberate across local governments nationwide.
boltsmag.org
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Important story from @boltsmag.org about the impact of the Voting Rights Act on local communities. boltsmag.org/voting-right...
Apparently as a law professor this is the kind of spam I receive...
November 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Apparently as a law professor this is the kind of spam I receive...
Not ok. Everyone should call out these intimidation tactics as anti-democracy.
#UPDATE: A fourth Indiana Senate Republican has experienced a swatting attempt amid the legislature's contentious mid-decade redistricting fight. www.indystar.com/story/…
November 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Not ok. Everyone should call out these intimidation tactics as anti-democracy.
The latest episode of the Democracy Optimist podcast is out! In this interview @bensheehan.bsky.social and I discuss how to make the Constitution interesting to everyday people:
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Ben Sheehan
Podcast Episode · Democracy Optimist · 11/20/2025 · 26m
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November 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The latest episode of the Democracy Optimist podcast is out! In this interview @bensheehan.bsky.social and I discuss how to make the Constitution interesting to everyday people:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
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Judge Brown is the celebrated liberal squish known for…blocking Biden’s vaccine mandate
November 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Judge Brown is the celebrated liberal squish known for…blocking Biden’s vaccine mandate
Imagine if a lawyer had submitted something like this to the court. He would be so quick to impose sanctions.
Judge Jerry Smith's dissent in the Texas mid-decade redistricting case is WILD. I've never seen anything like it.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Imagine if a lawyer had submitted something like this to the court. He would be so quick to impose sanctions.
Judge Jerry Smith's dissent in the Texas mid-decade redistricting case is WILD. I've never seen anything like it.
electionlawblog.org/wp-content/u...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Judge Jerry Smith's dissent in the Texas mid-decade redistricting case is WILD. I've never seen anything like it.
electionlawblog.org/wp-content/u...
electionlawblog.org/wp-content/u...
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Come on people, let's do this! @boltsmag.org!
November 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Come on people, let's do this! @boltsmag.org!
Always great to appear on the Washington Monthly podcast!
Forget the Federal Court ruling on the Texas Gerrymander. A pending SCOTUS decision could gut the Voting Rights Act and encourage states to disenfranchise minority voters. @garrettepps.bsky.social @joshuaadouglas.bsky.social
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How the Supreme Court Could Turbocharge Gerrymandering
The Supreme Court’s Callais case could gut the Voting Rights Act and let states mask racial gerrymandering as partisan politics.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Always great to appear on the Washington Monthly podcast!
Nice write-up of my talk at Vanderbilt Law School: law.vanderbilt.edu/joshua-dougl... #UKLawProfResearch
Joshua Douglas Explores the Future of Voting Rights - Vanderbilt Law School
Kentucky Law Professor discusses his book The Court v. The Voters: The Troubling Story of How the Supreme Court Has Undermined Voting Rights.
law.vanderbilt.edu
November 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Nice write-up of my talk at Vanderbilt Law School: law.vanderbilt.edu/joshua-dougl... #UKLawProfResearch
Big news: three-judge district court strikes down Texas's mid-decade redistricting as a racial gerrymander. Vote is 2-1, with dissent to follow. Next stop: SCOTUS, which has to say something on the merits given procedure of three-judge courts. Opinion here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Big news: three-judge district court strikes down Texas's mid-decade redistricting as a racial gerrymander. Vote is 2-1, with dissent to follow. Next stop: SCOTUS, which has to say something on the merits given procedure of three-judge courts. Opinion here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Excited to be at the University of Minnesota Law School to speak at the Minnesota Law Review symposium on election law.
November 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Excited to be at the University of Minnesota Law School to speak at the Minnesota Law Review symposium on election law.
On October 10th, the UK Law Civil Rights and Restorative Justice-Kentucky (CRRJ-KY) clinic presented at the Ohio Valley History Conference hosted by the Kentucky Historical Society in Frankfort, KY. #UKLawProfResearch
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
On October 10th, the UK Law Civil Rights and Restorative Justice-Kentucky (CRRJ-KY) clinic presented at the Ohio Valley History Conference hosted by the Kentucky Historical Society in Frankfort, KY. #UKLawProfResearch
UK Law Visiting Prof Ellen Kennedy spoke at the annual conference of the National Council of Coal Lessors. She gave a talk on how landowners can best protect their natural resource interests before and during a Chapter 11 filing of operator lessees. #UKLawProfResearch
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
UK Law Visiting Prof Ellen Kennedy spoke at the annual conference of the National Council of Coal Lessors. She gave a talk on how landowners can best protect their natural resource interests before and during a Chapter 11 filing of operator lessees. #UKLawProfResearch
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My new one @slate.com: The Supreme Court Just Took a Scary Voting Case That Has Trump Salivating. He Might Be Disappointed.
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Trump’s Biggest Voting Bugaboo Reached the Supreme Court. Should We Be Worried?
President Donald Trump’s obsession with mail-in balloting reached the Supreme Court on Monday.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
My new one @slate.com: The Supreme Court Just Took a Scary Voting Case That Has Trump Salivating. He Might Be Disappointed.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
A periodic reminder for students that they don't need to give me a doctor's note to explain why they missed class. You're an adult and future lawyer, so I think we can just trust each other.
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A periodic reminder for students that they don't need to give me a doctor's note to explain why they missed class. You're an adult and future lawyer, so I think we can just trust each other.
UK Law Prof Laken Albrink authored chapter 11 of this new book geared toward first-generation law students! cap-press.com/books/isbn/9... #UKLawProfResearch
Fostering First Gen Success and Inclusion: A Guide for Law Schools
Fostering First Gen Success and Inclusion: A Guide for Law Schools (9781531023935). Authors: Brittany L. Raposa. Carolina Academic Press
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November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
UK Law Prof Laken Albrink authored chapter 11 of this new book geared toward first-generation law students! cap-press.com/books/isbn/9... #UKLawProfResearch
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