Elmendorf Previews Key Election Case Before U.S. Supreme Court
Professor of Law Christopher S. Elmendorf previews N.Y. State Board of Elections v. Torres, an important case before the U.S. Supreme Court this term, in the October 2007 issue of Election Law Journal. Elmendorf gives five different models the Court might adopt in considering the case and a variety of possible remedies. Elmendorf sees the case as significant beyond New York, calling it "a case whose legal ramifications could prove as far reaching as its facts are peculiar."
Elmendorf's varied teaching and research interests include election law, administrative law, constitutional law, and property and natural resources law. His recent writings have focused on (1) the roles that ongoing advisory bodies can play in fostering governmental accountability and sustaining the foundational commitments of liberal democracy, and (2) judicial formulation and administration of doctrines to implement the fundamental right to vote.