Defending Our Democracy - A Conversation With Marc EliasI am very grateful Marc was able to drop by and spend time talking to us about what we need to do to win this year
Greetings all. Have a really good one for you today – a new interview recorded late yesterday with Democratic super lawyer and great American patriot Marc Elias. A video recording is above, and a rough transcript can be found here. This is a wonderful and compelling discussion with one of the true heroes of the moment, and I encourage everyone here to take the time to watch, listen or read the transcript. It’s one of the most important and challenging conversations I’ve hosted this year, and it will help you gain a much greater understanding of what Trump can and cannot do to illicitly try to keep Republicans in power this year. At the beginning of our conversation I ask Marc the question many of you ask me when we get together – how do we make sure there is a free and fair election this fall, and a peaceful of transfer of power in January? Here’s his initial response:
Amen to all that! Perhaps the most significant part of our conversation comes near the end when we talk about the need to take this essential work of defending our democracy out of the legal domain and make it central to our politics and our big conversation with the American people. For as I wrote this morning, we should view all these things Trump is attempting and will attempt to do to illicitly stay in power as part of a new, evolving 2026 electoral and political battlefield; and work together to understand, demystify, counter, and win:
This is our politics now, how they are going to play the game this year. And we need to be ready for it; to talk it out in settings like this so more understand and are prepared; and at some point start talking to the American people directly about what Trump and his allies are likely to do so they too can understand what is attempting to be done to them. In that vein here’s a new Democracy Docket article on the President’s new Executive Order released last night ; a new, more detailed statement from the Elias law group; and Marc’s statement:
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This memorable conversation is the fourth in a new series of discussions I’ve hosted with leading experts and practitioners on how we can defend and strengthen our democracy, and ensure there is both a free and fair election this fall and a peaceful transfer of power in January. You can find the first three here:
Enjoy this conversation, and keep working hard all. We have a country to save, and an election to win this November! - Simon Bio - Marc Elias, attorney and independent journalistMarc Elias is the Firm Chair of Elias Law Group, a mission-driven firm committed to helping Democrats win, citizens vote, and progressives make change. Marc is a nationally recognized authority and expert in campaign finance, voting rights, redistricting law, and litigation. As a litigator, Marc has handled hundreds of cases involving politics, voting rights, and redistricting. He has successfully argued and won four cases in the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as dozens of cases in state supreme courts and U.S. courts of appeal. He has represented the Democratic Senatorial and Congressional Campaign Committees, several presidential campaigns, as well as dozens of U.S. senators, governors, representatives, campaigns, and other Democratic and progressive organizations. When Trump contested the outcome of the 2020 election, Marc met every futile challenge at the courthouse, notching over 60 legal victories against the former president and his allies during the post-election period, alone. He has also successfully represented several House and Senate candidates in post-election litigation, recounts and challenges. In 2024, Marc was named to Forbes’ inaugural list of America’s top 200 lawyers. Marc is also the founder of Democracy Docket, the leading digital news platform dedicated to information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts. Marc is an alumnus of Hamilton College, Duke Law School and Duke Graduate School. He is a proud owner of a Portuguese Water Dog named Bode.
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