5 Nov 2020

US election: The legal challenges explained

From Nine To Noon, 9:36 am on 5 November 2020
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What are the legal challenges threatening to delay the outcome of the US election? Could they make their way up to the US Supreme Court, the ultimate legal authority in the US? 

Steven Schneebaum is a constitutional law expert at the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

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