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Votebeat
August 03, 2026
Still, “I think everyone agrees that it’s not going to be implemented for 2026,” said Derek Muller, an elections specialist at the University of Notre Dame Law School. “The logistics are so horrific.”
CNN
August 03, 2026
Derek Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame who is an expert on election law, agreed. “Purcell has more weight when you are enjoining a state rule because of federalism concerns,” Muller said. “That on its own is a powerful distinction” from a federal election policy.
Raw Story
August 03, 2026
As Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller explained, "Purcell has more weight when you are enjoining a state rule because of federalism concerns."
CNN
Video
July 17, 2026
Joining me now to discuss: Derek Muller, law professor at the University of Notre Dame
The Washington Post
July 13, 2026
“We like to have stable rules in advance of the election for voters and for election administrators, so anything that disrupts that stability is problematic,” said Derek Muller, an election-law professor at the University of Notre Dame.
The Wall Street Journal
July 10, 2026
“Excluding candidates who engage in deception in their efforts to appear on the ballot is hardly new,” Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller recently wrote. “The courts routinely permit states to filter out candidates who are ‘frivolous.’ Indeed, the Supreme Court has been quite clear on this issue.” On that point, he says, Judge Matthews’s holding “should be explicitly reversed by the Alaska Supreme Court.”
Associated Press
July 08, 2026
Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame who specializes in election law, said it’s not clear the 50-state letter means anything except to restate some parts of the law, with a request to follow up, “which I’m sure many states will ignore.”
USA Today
July 06, 2026
“He has a tremendous amount of power,” said Derek Muller, a Notre Dame Law School professor. “It feels like every big case, it’s constantly Chief Justice Roberts.”
The Washington Post
July 06, 2026
Derek Muller, a Notre Dame law professor who specializes in election law, said he saw a legal logic to the court’s moves. “The Supreme Court is stepping back from cases in Alabama and Louisiana. It’s not issuing a rule to alter the rules of the election,” Muller said. “It’s allowing the legislatures to issue the rules they want.”
The New York Times
July 06, 2026
“Justice Alito had a hand in many of the most influential decisions, held together majorities and continued to write in ways that advanced many of the conservative legal movement’s causes over the last 50 years,” said Derek T. Muller, a professor and election law expert at Notre Dame’s law school. “It’s a vote of confidence from the chief, and suggests a respect for his mind, his craft and his ability to keep a majority together in high-profile cases in which the justices might divide on how broadly they want to resolve something,” said Sherif Girgis, a law professor at Notre Dame who was a law clerk for the justice.
Roll Call
July 02, 2026
Derek Muller, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, said at the same event that through its current majority, Roberts has wielded a large amount of power over the high court. “I think he’s the deciding vote in some cases, but he also controls the opinion assignment in many of the biggest cases,” Muller said.
San Francisco Chronicle
July 02, 2026
“It’s been a mixed bag for Republicans,” said University of Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller. But the president, he added, “has come up mostly empty-handed.”
ABC News
July 02, 2026
"He has a tremendous amount of power," said Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller, a leading scholar of election law and federal courts. "It's a convergence of factors that's allowed him to write about things he's long cared about, sometimes for the administration, sometimes against."
The Center Square
July 02, 2026
Derek Muller, a law professor at the Notre Dame School of Law, said numerous election cases decided throughout the term showed the high court’s desire to step away from litigating the political process. He said the court’s decision to strike down party spending limits, push back against racial gerrymandering, and allow late mail-in ballots are examples of shifting attitudes. “There's a theme in all these cases to say courts are stepping back from the political process, states can handle these issues. If Congress speaks, it has to speak pretty explicitly,” Muller said. Muller said Watson v. RNC, where justices on the high court allowed Mississippi to accept and count ballots received after Election Day, shows the court’s unwillingness to deal with the political process. “Even if this case had come out the other way, you wouldn't get faster counting in most of these jurisdictions,” Muller said.
Associated Press
June 30, 2026
“It’s been a mixed bag for Republicans,” said University of Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller. But the president, he added, “has come up mostly empty-handed.”
NPR
Audio
June 29, 2026
Derek Muller, an election law professor at Notre Dame, said earlier this year that if the SAVE Act were passed, it would be one of the most significant nationalizations of elections in American history.
The Washington Post
June 29, 2026
Derek T. Muller is a professor of law at the University of Notre Dame.
Washington Examiner
June 29, 2026
Derek Muller, a University of Notre Dame election law professor, told the San Francisco Chronicle that quo warranto actions are rarely used in modern election disputes, making the city’s standoff an unusual test of how courts handle elected officials who refuse to leave office after a successful recall.
Foreign Policy Journal
June 08, 2026
University of Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller noted that, had it passed, the act would have been “among the most significant nationalization[s] of elections in American history,” marking a sharp break from the traditional Republican opposition to federal oversight of voting. Muller argued in a March blog post that the bill’s failure may still carry lasting consequences for how both parties approach election policy at the federal level. “It does strike me that the debate has shifted from whether to nationalize elections to how, at least for many Republicans,” Muller wrote, adding that even in failure, the act could make it “much easier” for Democrats to pursue similar nationalization efforts when they next hold power.
NPR
Audio
June 04, 2026
Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller has an equally critical, but less apocalyptic, view. He says the court seems to want to wash its hands of political cases, the result being maximum gerrymandering, whether the state is Alabama or California. He too sees the court's most recent decisions in voting rights cases as limiting how Congress can go about protecting minority voters. That said, there are ways that Congress could still act, he says. "Even if you did very simple restrictions, such as…you can only engage in redistricting once a decade or you can't change the rules for redistricting more than a year before an election. Those are ways to prevent some of the opportunism we have," Muller observes.
USA Today
June 01, 2026
Derek Muller, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, said on social media there are “major” issues about whether the plaintiffs will be allowed to sue. But he said the hearing schedule will give both sides time to present full written arguments for Brinkema to consider before the government can take any irreversible steps to create the fund or distribute funds.
Reuters
May 21, 2026
University of Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller said the recent decisions shared a similar idea: restoring state legislative action that had been blocked by a lower court. The cases, Muller acknowledged, may inject uncertainty into elections due to their timing. "But it's not because the court has changed the rules," Muller said. "It's because the court has stepped back and allowed the legislature to act."
NBC News
May 14, 2026
In explaining how the court may feel it is acting consistent with the Purcell principle, Derek Muller, an election law expert at the University of Notre Dame Law School, said it does not apply when a court is lifting an injunction, as the Supreme Court did this week in allowing Alabama to move forward with its preferred map, which had previously been blocked. While he acknowledged the court’s recent decisions have favored Republicans, giving fuel to critics, Muller noted that the court would face scrutiny whenever it acted.
The Economist
April 23, 2026
If Democrats win the House by a dozen or so seats with wide margins across several states, there is not much to do but “throw a tantrum”, says Derek Muller, an expert in election law at the University of Notre Dame.
The Washington Post
April 20, 2026
As Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller notes, this puts 270 plausibly within reach for the first time. “If Michigan (15), Pennsylvania (19), Wisconsin (10), and Nevada (6) all tip toward Democratic trifectas” — meaning Democratic control of the governorship and both houses of the legislature — “that’s 50 EVs,” he observes. If each of those states ratified the NPVIC, it would control an Electoral College majority — 272 votes out of 538 — and the compact, by its own terms, would go into effect.
Politifact
March 23, 2026
Derek Muller, a University of Notre Dame law professor, wrote in the Election Law Blog that "literally nothing more than an affidavit would suffice in these circumstances. This should dramatically alleviate — if not wholly eliminate — the concerns about name changes."
The Conversation
February 16, 2026
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Politico
January 15, 2026
Federal judges — including Republican appointees — have been retiring at an unusually slow pace since Trump’s second inauguration, according to federal data and research by Derek Muller, a University of Notre Dame law professor who has tracked vacancies by recent presidential administrations.
Reuters
January 15, 2026
“This is an effort to separate even more formally from the brand of the ABA, which is quite obviously in the crosshairs of the current administration and which faces significant opposition in some states,” said University of Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller. Those changes may still not be enough to assuage concerns over ABA accreditation from states such as Texas and Florida, Muller said.
The Guardian
November 25, 2025
That reading of the pardon’s text is believable, said Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame, who first wrote about the request Laiss’s lawyers were making. “Here you’ve got kind of a broad set of conduct and an undefined group of individuals who are protected,” Muller said in an interview. “It’s quite plausible to read this and suggest that anyone involved in voting for slates of presidential electors in 2020 has now been pardoned.”
Roll Call
October 27, 2025
Derek Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame Law School who focuses on election law, called the case a “surefire loser” where the courts were unlikely to decide to step in to help. “She won her election, and she ought to be sworn in. That is a separate question from whether a court can step in and force the issue,” Muller said.
Bloomberg
September 24, 2025
University of Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller has been tracking the political contributions of lawyers and staff at large law firms for more than a decade. He first wrote about the topic in 2013, based on data from the 2012 presidential election, then revisited it in 2021, looking at the period from 2017 to 2020. This year, Muller updated his research yet again.
Reuters
August 26, 2025
Associated Press
August 20, 2025
Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame, said the idea of seizing voting machines in 2020 was a sign of how few levers the president has to influence an election, not of his power. Under the U.S. Constitution, elections are run by states and only Congress can “alter” the procedures — and, even then, for federal races alone. “It’s a deeply decentralized system,” Muller said.
The Wall Street Journal
August 18, 2025
“The president doesn’t have any unilateral authority over election devices, and the states principally control presidential elections,” said Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame.
The New York Times
August 11, 2025
The Rucho decision was part of a larger trend, said Derek T. Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame. “These developments reflect a federal judiciary increasingly unwilling to engage in judicial review of the political process,” he said. “And political actors in response are flexing the new power they have.”
The Washington Post
August 08, 2025
Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame, said Democrats are likely to argue that they are in fact representing their constituents by doing everything in their power to deny Republicans the ability to redraw the state’s congressional map.
Democracy Docket
August 06, 2025
Along the way, the Court continued to weaken the VRA, leading Notre Dame Law Professor Derek Muller to conclude after the Court’s 2021 decision in Brnovich v. DNC that “it is perhaps only a small overstatement to say that the Court is less interested in plaintiffs’ election law challenges than at any point since the 1940s and 50s.”
Raw Story
August 05, 2025
In May, Notre Dame Law Professor Derek T. Muller pointed to a slowing of bench retirements since Trump was re-elected, noting the "exceedingly slow pace of retirements in the second Trump administration, disproportionately low."
The Washington Post
August 04, 2025
Abbott could not remove lawmakers on his own and would need the courts to go along with his plan, according to University of Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller. While Abbott and other Republicans could argue that the Democrats had abandoned their duties, those lawmakers would have a chance to make the case that they were representing their constituents by denying the majority the quorum it needs to operate, he added.
OSV News
August 01, 2025
But Derek Muller, a professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School, told OSV News that Talwani’s order was “aggressive and broad.” “It orders the president to spend money Congress has expressly forbidden it to spend,” he said.
The Washington Times
July 28, 2025
Derek Muller, an election law professor at the University of Notre Dame, said that precedent is clear, suggesting the independent voters challenging these state rules are likely to lose.
Fox News
July 11, 2025
University of Notre Dame Law Professor Derek Muller spoke with FOX News' Will Cain on the recent Supreme Court rulings and Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissent.
Bloomberg
June 27, 2025
President Joe Biden gained 57 openings, both current and future, between January 1 and June 1 of his first year in office, according to Derek Muller, a University of Notre Dame law professor who tracked the early pace of vacancies for recent presidencies using the US Courts’ archived data. George W. Bush had 30 during the same time frame, while 29 opened for Obama.
Reuters
June 23, 2025
A 2023 analysis of law school debt-to-income ratios by Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller had found that at more than a quarter of American Bar Association-accredited law schools, graduates had a median cumulative debt that was more than twice their annual income one year after graduation.
USA Today
June 04, 2025
Data from Notre Dame Law professor Derek Muller shows that federal judges are retiring at a record-slow pace at the beginning of Trump’s second term.
The Washington Post
May 08, 2025
University of Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller said a small number of illegal voting activity cases are prosecuted around the country every year, and they “tend to be isolated incidents and not at large scale.” They are rarely at a level that would affect the outcome of a race, he said. “That doesn’t mean it isn’t serious,” Muller said.
The Times
May 05, 2025
“The plain text of the 22nd amendment makes it very clear — you cannot be elected to a third term. So that is clearly off the table,” Derek Muller, an election law professor at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, said.
Fox 6
April 25, 2025
Derek Muller, a professor of election law at Notre Dame, noted that the 12th Amendment, which was ratified in 1804, says "no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States."
Newsbreak
April 24, 2025
Election law scholar and University of Notre Dame law professor Derek T. Muller said, “It reads like somebody who doesn’t want to be treated like a lame duck and is throwing it out there right now.” He added, “It’s really hard to be a lame duck president or to be treated that way, and people are talking to you like your term’s already over.”
Bloomberg
April 14, 2025
Notre Dame Law professor Derek Muller agreed, saying the rulings are “pretty small ball in the large scheme of things.”
WFAE/NPR
April 10, 2025
According to Notre Dame constitutional law professor Derek Muller, the president can unquestionably do certain things in his order, such as direct the attorney general what to investigate or instruct the U.S. Department of Justice to prioritize enforcement in certain areas.
HuffPost, Yahoo! News
April 02, 2025
And Notre Dame professor Derek Muller has argued there isn’t “any ‘one weird trick’ to getting around presidential term limits,” suggesting Trump’s rhetoric is, as a “lame-duck president,” just intended to “show as much strength as possible.”
Newsweek
April 02, 2025
Derek Muller, a professor of election law at Notre Dame, told The Associated Press: "I don't think there's any 'one weird trick' to getting around presidential term limits. A lame-duck president like Donald Trump has every incentive in the world to make it seem like he's not a lame duck."
The New York Times
April 01, 2025
“It reads like somebody who doesn’t want to be treated like a lame duck and is throwing it out there right now,” said Derek T. Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame and a scholar in election law. “It’s really hard to be a lame duck president or to be treated that way, and people are talking to you like your term’s already over.”
BBC News
April 01, 2025
Derek Muller, an election law professor at the University of Notre Dame, said the Constitution's 12th Amendment says "no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of president shall be eligible to that of vice-president of the United States".
CBS News
April 01, 2025
"I don't think there's any 'one weird trick' to getting around presidential term limits," Derek Muller, a professor of election law at Notre Dame, told the Associated Press.
The New York Times
March 31, 2025
Derek T. Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame and a scholar in election law, said there has been a dissenting view about the provision of the 22nd Amendment — which focuses on being “elected” president without addressing the idea of ascending to the office. However, he said, such a route would be complicated by the 12th Amendment.
Associated Press
March 31, 2025
Derek Muller, a professor of election law at Notre Dame, noted that the 12th Amendment, which was ratified in 1804, says “no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.”
Bloomberg
March 07, 2025
“It doesn’t have the neutrality, whether actual or perceived, that it might have once had,” Derek Muller, a professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School, said of the ABA. “It’s just lost its influence more generally as a result.”
NBC News
March 07, 2025
Barrett defenders have fought back, with Derek Muller, a Notre Dame law professor who studied under Barrett, saying in an interview he doubted she would be affected by the negative reactions.
Associated Press
February 13, 2025
There would be no similar questions about the meaning of the 22nd Amendment, said Derek Muller, a professor at Notre Dame Law School. “You would not have the factual disputes, so it would be much wider,” Muller said of the number of states keeping Trump off their ballots. “I’m not persuaded the Supreme Court is going to roll over.”
The Washington Post
January 06, 2025
“Congress has often changed the date of counting electoral votes in the past, when January 6 fell on a Sunday or for other matters of convenience. The date is not fixed by the Constitution but chosen by Congress and can easily be moved,” said Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame.
January 02, 2025
Derek Muller, a professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School, said the Constitution gives the House the authority to organize itself, which would give members enough legal wiggle room to find a way out of what would be an unprecedented situation.
Washington Reporter
December 17, 2024
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The Washington Post
December 02, 2024
There’s a collegiality, a kindness and a lack of an edge,” said law professor Nicole Garnett, a close friend of Barrett’s from their years as colleagues and neighbors, and the driving force behind the school’s success in placing law clerks at all levels of the judiciary.
Forbes
November 22, 2024
Gaetz specifically stated in his resignation letter that he did “not intend to take the oath of office for the same office in the 119th Congress,” which Notre Dame law professor Derek T. Muller said on X Thursday is “enough to trigger a vacancy” for the spot Gaetz won in reelection under House precedent.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
November 21, 2024
The boards’ decision, however, was unusual, said Derek Muller, an election-law expert at the University of Notre Dame. “In theory, the board should just exclude the ballots and then let the contestant go sue,” Muller said.
Voice of America
November 20, 2024
“It’s very much the customs and habits that candidates and the federal government do,” said Derek Muller, a Notre Dame law professor and expert on presidential transition.
WAMU/NPR
Audio
November 15, 2024
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CNN
November 05, 2024
“The testimony does suggest the PAC saw the sweepstakes as an inducement to get voters to register, which would run afoul of federal law,” said Derek Muller, a CNN contributor and election law scholar who teaches at the University of Notre Dame. “This testimony could be used if the Department of Justice later brought charges in federal court.”
CNN
Video
November 04, 2024
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The Hill
November 04, 2024
That process, in and of itself, would be “disruptive” and “problematic,” Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame, previously told The Hill. But it could also result in a scenario that the American public hasn’t seen in over 200 years.
Bloomberg
November 01, 2024
“Certainty and finality are valuable,” Notre Dame election law professor Derek Muller said. “That means, unfortunately, reason-giving takes a back seat in the heat of the moment.”
Politico
November 01, 2024
“Congress does not have the capacity in the [Jan. 6] joint session to do so,” said Derek Muller, a University of Notre Dame constitutional law expert. “Because Congress is not in a position to decide the matter, Congress should count the votes.”
Barron's
November 01, 2024
Derek Muller, who teaches election law at the University of Notre Dame, said the number of votes potentially affected by each pre-election case is "very small" -- 1,000 or 2,000 voters or ballots.
CNN
October 31, 2024
“Musk has the right to remove this to federal court if there is jurisdiction, but with removal comes delay,” said Derek Muller, an election law expert who teaches at Notre Dame Law School.
Associated Press
October 31, 2024
Derek Muller, a University of Notre Dame law professor and presidential transition expert who testified in favor of the legislation, said it ensures that potentially two candidates get backing for transitions, with one eventually falling away. He said that’s preferable to having a situation where no transition support is released to either side — which can spark delays leading to national security lapses.
CNN
October 31, 2024
Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame, told CNN that state legislatures would have to first repeal their laws that dictate how elections operate before appointing electors directly.
October 30, 2024
“They’ll do everything they can to avoid resolving disputes after the election,” said Derek T. Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame. “Their hand might be forced if it comes down to one very closely contested state. But my assumption is that they will prefer the political process to play out and avoid as much as possible weighing in.”
Roll Call
October 30, 2024
Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame , said the Supreme Court generally avoids stepping into high-stakes litigation surrounding the elections, but that may not always be possible.
The Conversation
October 30, 2024
Derek T. Muller, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame
Bloomberg
October 29, 2024
“There’s just an increasingly vanishing domain of cases the court wants to hear in these election law contexts,” said Derek Muller, a University of Notre Dame election-law professor.
October 28, 2024
Research by prominent elections-law scholars (Derek Muller at the University of Notre Dame, Richard Hasen at UCLA and others) shows a steep...
Bloomberg
Audio
October 28, 2024
Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller joins “Cases and Controversies” to explain what states and courts are doing to try to avoid such a situation ahead of Nov. 5, and get his take on what would make high court intervention unlikely and what scenario might trigger a review.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Subscription required)
October 28, 2024
...or you think it's not,” said Derek Muller, an election law expert at the University of Notre Dame.
The Washington Post
October 22, 2024
Professor Derek Muller of Notre Dame Law School said giving people rewards that require them to be registered to vote could be seen as an inducement for those who aren’t already registered to do so — something that happens to align with Musk’s broader goals right now.
CNN
October 21, 2024
“When you start limiting prizes or giveaways to only registered voters or only people who have voted, that’s where bribery concerns arise,” said Derek Muller, an election law expert who teaches at Notre Dame Law School. “By limiting a giveaway only to registered voters, it looks like you’re giving cash for voter registration.”
Newsweek
October 21, 2024
Derek Muller, an election law expert at Notre Dame Law School, told CNN Politics: "When you start limiting prizes or giveaways to only registered voters or only people who have voted, that's where bribery concerns arise." Muller said that offering cash prizes exclusively to registered voters could be interpreted as giving cash for voter registration, which is prohibited.
Associated Press
October 21, 2024
“It’s not even just the parties — it’s outside organizations, and they’re fundraising on how they’re able to protect democracy, how they’re able to preserve the integrity of the election, whatever it might be,” said Derek Muller, an election law expert and professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School. “They have wealthy donors who are backing this litigation. So there doesn’t seem to be any de-escalation in sight.”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
October 18, 2024
You can try to have Congress object, and so forth,” University of Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller said.
Associated Press
October 09, 2024
The notion that a lone board could hold up a state by refusing to certify is "this crazy fantasy that has merged the right and the left,” said Derek Muller, a University of Notre Dame law professor.
The Washington Post
October 07, 2024
Derek T. Muller, a University of Notre Dame law professor and an expert in election law, said the Supreme Court would probably have little appetite to wade into election challenges if the margin of victory is by at least three or four states, because the loser would have to win challenges in multiple states to claim a win.
CBS News
Video
October 03, 2024
Rebecca Roiphe, CBS News legal contributor, Derek Muller, law professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School, and Robert Legare, CBS News Justice Department reporter, join with analysis.
Roll Call
October 03, 2024
Election law disputes are possible but unlikely, according to Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame.
Tribune News Service +20 outlets
October 03, 2024
Election law disputes are possible but unlikely, according to Derek Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame University.
Bloomberg
October 02, 2024
Derek Muller, a professor at Notre Dame Law School and an expert on election law, discusses the barrage of lawsuits filed by Republicans challenging election rules and processes.
CBS News
Video
September 24, 2024
Derek Muller, professor of law at Notre Dame Law School, joins "America Decides" to unpack the rule changes being pushed through by pro-Trump election officials in Georgia and the potential legal challenges.
CNN
September 24, 2024
“It’s a clever strategy,” said Derek Muller, a Notre Dame Law School professor specializing in election law. “You’re looking for the circuits that are going to be most hospitable to your claims.”
World News Group
Audio
September 23, 2024
That’s Derek Muller. He’s a professor at Justice Barrett’s alma mater Notre Dame. And his scholarship focuses on election law.
Bloomberg
September 18, 2024
“Now it seems hard to find any of the largest firms that are right-leaning,” said Derek Muller, election law professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School. “It’s just been a kind of slow and steady drift over the last several presidential cycles.”
The Economist
September 12, 2024
By the same token, although there have been instances of officials at the county level refusing to certify local votes, Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame, points out that, in the end, all the relevant deadlines have always been met.
CBC
Video
September 12, 2024
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Associated Press
September 05, 2024
“When you have all this money to spend on litigation, you end up litigating less and less important stuff,” said Derek Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame University.
The Conversation
September 04, 2024
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The Dispatch
September 03, 2024
“There are ways in which you could sort of say they’re sort of comporting with existing rules and nothing interesting or remarkable has happened,” Derek T. Muller, a Notre Dame Law School professor who focuses on election law, told The Dispatch.
CNN
August 27, 2024
“The problem is, these cases are always in an emergency posture, so you’re always dealing with short fuses,” said Derek Muller, a professor and elections expert at the Notre Dame Law School. “But the court just seems not interested in adding more details about its basis for granting or denying.”
The Washington Post
August 26, 2024
But professor Derek Muller of Notre Dame Law School noted that the third-place finisher must actually win an electoral vote — not just finish in third place in the popular vote.
Miami Herald
August 23, 2024
If no candidate reaches 270 votes — including in the case of a 269-269 tie — then the election is settled by the newly elected Congress through what is known as a “contingent election,” Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame, told McClatchy News in an email.
Bloomberg
August 16, 2024
“It’s definitely pushed litigants to try to sue early in the cycle and move quickly,” said Derek Muller, a professor at University of Notre Dame Law School.
Reuters
August 05, 2024
"The closer it is, you know, the more pressure is going to come to bear," said Derek Muller, a Notre Dame University law professor who advised the Senate on drafting the 2022 legislation.
Ohio Capital Journal
July 30, 2024
“I think both sides are right,” Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller said with a laugh.
National Catholic Register
July 29, 2024
Derek Muller, a U.S. election law expert at Notre Dame Law School, described the proposal as “a great thought experiment but very different than our tradition of voting,” especially with recent shifts in discussions around voting eligibility that emphasize capability.
CNN
July 26, 2024
Derek Muller, a University of Notre Dame law professor who is an expert on election law, said in an email: “Democrats do not have a nominee yet.
The Dispatch
Audio
July 25, 2024
Sarah and David are joined by Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller, who teaches “Presidential Nominations in a Time of Uncertainty,” to discuss the legality of swapping out (presumptive) party nominees, the potential consequences of doing so, and the complexity of state election laws at-large.
CBS News
July 24, 2024
"I think there's low likelihood that anyone even sues, much less that anyone will be successful," Derek Muller, a professor at University of Notre Dame who specializes in election law, told CBS News.
ABC News
July 24, 2024
But now that he actually has stepped down, moving forward with the virtual roll call will help preempt the same questions of ballot access for Harris or any other nominee, according to Derek Muller, an election law professor at the University of Notre Dame.
The Hill
July 23, 2024
Derek Muller, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, said that any such challenge would fail because no Democratic presidential candidate has been formally nominated by the party yet.
WISH TV
Video
July 23, 2024
While the Indiana Election Calendar gives a July 15 deadline to withdraw, election law expert professor Derek Muller from Notre Dame Law School said that the deadline and another one for Aug. 1 are for state elections — and that exempts presidential candidates.
News Nation
Video
July 23, 2024
Interview with Notre Dame Law School Professor Derek Muller
EWTN
Video
July 23, 2024
Legal law expert and professor at Notre Dame, Derek Muller, fills us in on legal analysis.
ABC57
Video
July 23, 2024
University of Notre Dame Law School Professor Derek Muller discusses the evolving presidential situation
CNN
July 22, 2024
“There’s different dimensions to this,” said Derek Muller, an election law professor at the University of Notre Dame. “One is what the Trump campaign itself wants to do, versus what third parties or proxies want to do.”
NPR
Audio
July 22, 2024
Election law expert Derek Muller explains how President Biden's decision affects election law.
CNN
July 22, 2024
Derek Muller, an election law professor at the University of Notre Dame, said campaigns are often well ahead spending money before the FEC or courts decide what’s allowed, pushing the final answers until after Election Day.
Radio Iowa
July 22, 2024
Derek Muller is a national election law expert who left the University of Iowa a year ago to join the law school faculty at Notre Dame.
Sacramento Bee (subscription required)
July 22, 2024
For electors “in 49 states and District of Columbia, a Harris-Newsom ticket is not a problem,” said Derek Muller, a professor at Notre Dame Law School.
Roll Call
July 22, 2024
Derek Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame University who specializes in election law, wrote on social media Sunday that there is a “high degree of uncertainty right now.
CBC
Video
July 22, 2024
Canada Tonight's Travis Dhanraj speaks with U.S. elections expert Derek Muller.
CBS News
July 22, 2024
Mr. Biden's decision to step aside before the Democratic convention, which begins on Aug. 19 in Chicago, could bring some chaos, said Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame who specializes in election law.
The Washington Post
July 17, 2024
Derek Muller, an election law professor at the University of Notre Dame, said Democrats could face litigation in states like Washington where accepting provisional nominees is a decision made by the secretary of state and not codified in law.
The New York Times
July 12, 2024
“If you try to substitute after the deadline, but before ballots are printed, that’s where it opens a universe of litigation that Democrats do not want to get into,” Derek Muller, a specialist in election law at the University of Notre Dame, told DealBook.
The Atlantic
July 11, 2024
Derek Muller, an election-law professor at the University of Notre Dame, said that a lawsuit based on Howell’s theory “would not go to discovery.
The New York Times
July 08, 2024
Derek T. Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame, said the nature of Justice Barrett’s jurisprudence is evident from an assessment of the whole of her work on the court.
The Washington Post
July 02, 2024
University of Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller said the decision makes it harder to prosecute presidents but does not give them a pass.
Associated Press
July 01, 2024
Trump still could face a trial, said Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller. “But the fact remains that it is almost impossible to happen before the election."
Financial Times
July 01, 2024
On the first ballot, “we would see if anybody gets a majority, and then if nobody gets a majority, there would be another round of voting”, said Derek Muller, a professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School.
OSV News
July 01, 2024
Derek Muller, a professor at Notre Dame Law School and an expert in election law, affirmed the view that the high court makes it "exceedingly unlikely any trial will happen before Election Day."
CBS News
July 01, 2024
Stepping aside before the Democratic convention is legally easy but politically difficult, said Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame who specializes in election law.
The Washington Post
June 28, 2024
Derek Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame, said changing nominees would legally be straightforward from a legal perspective because there is no official nominee yet and no ballots have been printed.
ABC News
June 28, 2024
"It will be a much tougher case to argue that he impaired an official proceeding if the prosecution must also show that it related to the destruction or alteration, or related activities, of documents," said Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller, an election law scholar.
USA Today
June 28, 2024
Derek Muller, a Notre Dame Law School professor, said the effect of the decision "may be somewhat limited" for other Jan. 6 rioters.
The Guardian
June 28, 2024
“It will be a much tougher case to argue that he impaired an official proceeding if the prosecution must also show that it related to the destruction or alteration, or related activities, of documents,” said Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame.
Financial Times
June 26, 2024
“Presumably, for Democrats, they would pick [vice-president] Kamala Harris,” said Derek Muller, professor at the University of Notre Dame's law school.
ABC News
June 20, 2024
Derek T. Muller, a professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School who studies election law, told me that the Kennedy campaign's case for collusion may not be particularly strong.
Reuters
June 19, 2024
Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School, said having an independent candidate like Kennedy on stage may make for a more substantive debate.
The Hill
June 17, 2024
“Florida is a large state and a state that you hope to carry,” said Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame.
The Conversation
June 10, 2024
Derek T. Muller, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame
KITV
June 07, 2024
And then once their state parties submit those names to the secretary of state," Notre Dame election law professor Derek Muller told Island News.
Rolling Stone
June 04, 2024
Adams’ lawsuit could also backfire and prove that the certification process — a previously mundane and “ministerial” task that election deniers have hijacked in recent years — is not up to the discretion of officials like Adams, says Derek Muller, a professor at Notre Dame Law School who has written about the issue of local certification of elections.
Des Moines Register
June 04, 2024
"You can’t challenge somebody for being a felon for federal office because that’s not one of the qualifications listed in the Constitution," Derek Muller, an election law professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School, previously told the Des Moines Register.
ABC57
Video
June 03, 2024
ABC57 Anchor Brian Conybeare sits down with University of Notre Dame Law Professor Derek Muller, to discuss the guilty verdict from the Donald Trump hush money trial and what possibly comes next.
CBS News
May 31, 2024
"There's a wide understanding that the qualifications listed in the Constitution are exclusive - that is, we can't add to those qualifications," said Derek Muller, an election law professor at the University of Notre Dame.
Politico
May 30, 2024
And law professor Derek Muller raised questions about the debate criteria in a post for the popular legal site, Election Law Blog.
The Washington Post
May 23, 2024
Derek Muller, a University of Notre Dame law professor, said the power of the electors’ platform alone should not be discounted.
Subscription required
May 09, 2024
Notre Dame University election law expert Derek Muller said it would be a safer bet for Democrats to continue seeking a legislative remedy.
The Hill
May 09, 2024
“It would lead to a pretty significant, potentially — I won’t call it disastrous — but disruptive election process if it does happen,” said Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame.
The Guardian
May 06, 2024
In states where ballots have already been printed or mailed, the party could instruct voters – and electors – to treat the names at the top of the ticket “as hieroglyphics”, said Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame.
ABC News
May 06, 2024
"As the campaign sees and recognizes that these are very convenient vessels out there, it's a clever move, and it's not a surprise they do it," Derek Muller, a University of Notre Dame professor specializing in election law, told ABC News.
The Bulwark
May 01, 2024
And after they vote, it is really a matter for Congress to determine,” said Derek T. Muller, a University of Notre Dame law professor and an expert in election law.
ABC News
April 22, 2024
"There's a lot of deep legal contestation over what happens next. I mean, in my judgment, I think it needs congressional consent," Derek Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame Law School, told ABC News.
The Boston Globe - subscription
April 11, 2024
Derek Muller, a professor at the University of Notre Dame's law school who focuses on election law.
Bloomberg
Audio
April 11, 2024
Elections law expert Derek Muller, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses the many lawsuits over voting rules that have already been filed.
CNN
April 11, 2024
The willingness to bring more marginal legal cases reflects how the amount of money being put toward election litigation has increased significantly, said Derek Muller, an election law professor at the University of Notre Dame who noted that the trend also applies to Democrats and outside groups across the ideological spectrum.
Bloomberg
April 04, 2024
Political parties’ legal expenses have skyrocketed to $154 million in 2022 from around $5 million in 2003, according to data compiled by Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame.
CBS News
Video
March 26, 2024
Notre Dame Law School professor Derek Muller and CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett join with analysis.
Roll Call
March 20, 2024
And another from Derek T. Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame who focuses on election law, urged the court to be precise in any opinion that leaves authority to Congress in that area.
Reuters
March 20, 2024
Projections of the rankings by Spivey, Pepperdine Law Dean Paul Caron, and Notre Dame professor Derek Muller suggest New York University School of Law this year would drop to either No. 10 or 11 from the current No. 5 without a change in methodology.
Associated Press
March 20, 2024
Derek Muller, a Notre Dame law professor, said he wouldn’t be surprised if Section 3 litigation eventually targets people for reasons well beyond Jan. 6.
Rolling Stone
March 18, 2024
... Derek Muller, a professor at Notre Dame Law School who has written about the issue of local certification of elections.
Arizona Mirror
March 18, 2024
Even with their claims of new evidence, Derek Muller, a professor of law at Notre Dame Law School, told the Arizona Mirror that he believes the case is “a longshot.”
The Washington Post
March 08, 2024
University of Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller agreed the majority opinion left the question muddled.
The Economist
March 08, 2024
Derek Muller of the University of Notre Dame reckons that “it's not difficult” to get on the ballot in 30 states.
CNN
March 06, 2024
“It appears the court is limiting how Congress goes about enforcing Section 3 through legislation, which may also limit Congress if it attempts to refuse to count electoral votes,” said Derek Muller, an election law expert at Notre Dame Law School.
Colorado Public Radio
March 05, 2024
“Colorado can’t do this and really no other state can do this in the primary or general election,” said Derek Muller, a constitutional law expert and law professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School.
Bloomberg
March 05, 2024
Notre Dame election law professor Derek Muller agreed that the majority’s opinion “would close the door to some post-election challenges that might otherwise be left open by the decision.”
NPR
March 05, 2024
Derek Muller, an election law professor at Notre Dame, said in a statement the Supreme Court decision today "shuts the door on any exclusion of Trump from the ballot in any state, either in the primary or the general."
The Washington Post
March 05, 2024
Derek Muller, a Notre Dame Law School professor closely following the case, said the court’s decision “does not resolve the contentious insurrection issues, which will remain live and disputed in the public domain in the months to come.
Politico
March 05, 2024
“I think today’s opinion will at least close the door on some of that discourse,” said Derek Muller, a constitutional scholar at the University of Notre Dame.
Salon
March 04, 2024
Derek Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame University, disagreed that the court opened the door to a post-election challenge, noting that the liberal justices in their opinion complained that the majority ruling forecloses any other ways for Congress to enforce the provision, according to the AP.
NBC News
March 04, 2024
Derek Muller, an election law expert at Notre Dame Law School, said it seemed the majority wanted to "close that door."
Associated Press
March 04, 2024
Derek Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame University, said “it seems no,” noting that the liberals complained that the majority ruling forecloses any other ways for Congress to enforce the provision.
Los Angeles Times
March 04, 2024
“This decision does not resolve the contentious insurrection issues, which will remain live and disputed in the public domain in the months ahead,” said Derek Muller, a Notre Dame law professor.
CBS News
Video
March 04, 2024
CBS News election law contributor David Becker and Derek Muller, professor for Notre Dame Law School, discuss the legal aspects of the ruling.
USA Today
March 04, 2024
otre Dame Law School Professor Derek Muller said the contentious insurrection issue will "remain live and disputed in the public domain in the months to come."
The Conversation
March 04, 2024
As Notre Dame election law scholar Derek Muller observed: "States are the ones who have the primary responsibility of running presidential elections.
USA Today
March 03, 2024
Given the justices’ apparent consensus during oral arguments, it’s taking longer than many people anticipated for a decision, said Notre Dame Law School Professor Derek Muller, who has been closely following the ballot eligibility issue.
AEI
Audio
February 15, 2024
Co-hosts John Fortier and Don Palmer are joined by Rick Hasen (Professor of Law at UCLA Law) and Derek Muller (Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School), to discuss Trump v. Anderson.
CNN
February 13, 2024
If Trump wins in November, it’s possible some Democrats would try to reject votes cast for Trump, said Derek Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame who has followed the case closely.
EWTN
Video
February 13, 2024
Law Professor at the University of Notre Dame and nationally recognized scholar in the area of election law, Derek Muller, joins to share more on the fallout from former President Donald Trump's appeal and what it means for the January 6th federal case.
CBS News
Video
February 09, 2024
Notre Dame Law School professor Derek Muller and Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig join "America Decides" to unpack how the justices seemed to be responding.
Bloomberg
Audio
February 09, 2024
Derek Muller, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, and Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discuss the Supreme Court oral arguments on Colorado's removal of Trump from the ballot.
The Washington Post
February 09, 2024
Derek Muller, a University of Notre Dame law professor who has been closely following the case, said Thursday’s arguments showed both liberals and conservatives on the court are “uncomfortable with the notion that it was going to be the decider here.”
The Conversation
February 08, 2024
The Conversation’s senior politics and democracy editor, Naomi Schalit, spoke with Notre Dame election law scholar Derek Muller after the oral arguments.
CNN
February 08, 2024
Derek Muller, an election law expert at Notre Dame Law School who filed a neutral brief that offered analysis of key legal questions, said after the hearing that the justices are likely to put Donald Trump back on the ballot in Colorado.
USA Today
February 08, 2024
“The court seemed inclined to let the political process play out,” said Notre Dame Law School Professor Derek Muller, who has been closely following the ballot eligibility issue.
The Guardian
February 08, 2024
“I don’t think [the court] wants to be involved in these disputes,” the University of Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller told the Guardian’s Sam Levine in his excellent preview of the hearing.
The Hill
February 08, 2024
“Trump’s briefing so far has really leaned into the argument that the presidency is not an office of the United States, which means that presidency is not covered by Section 3, and therefore, this whole case should disappear,” said Derek Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame who filed a brief in the matter.
Bloomberg
February 08, 2024
Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller said on Bloomberg Law’s “Cases and Controversies” podcast that the question of whether Jan. 6 was an “insurrection” for purposes of the Section 3 involves “a lot of deep in the weeds factual questions.”
Roll Call
February 07, 2024
Several arguments made in the case offer the Supreme Court an opportunity to defer the dispute to a different branch of government, said Derek T. Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame who focuses on election law.
EWTN
February 07, 2024
Law Professor at Notre Dame Law School, Derek Muller, joins to share how significant this ruling is.
The Guardian
February 07, 2024
I think, on a bipartisan basis, there’s an interest on staying as far away from these issues as possible,” said Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame, who wrote an amicus brief in the case that wasn’t in support of either party.
Bloomberg
Audio
February 07, 2024
“That’s at least an understandable minimum threshold to say ‘we’re not going to step in where the outcome of this particular election or candidacy is at stake,’” Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller said on Bloomberg Law’s “Cases and Controversies” podcast.
ProPublica
February 06, 2024
“It’s very strange to name the Senate and House but not the president,” said Derek Muller, a Notre Dame law professor, characterizing this position.
Bloomberg
February 05, 2024
“Frankly, I think that’s one of his stronger arguments,” said Derek Muller, a University of Notre Dame election-law professor.
Associated Press
February 05, 2024
“The cases have gone poorly for Trump,” Derek Muller, a Notre Dame law professor who has followed the cases closely, wrote Friday in a blog post.
Bloomberg
Audio
February 05, 2024
Notre Dame Law School professor Derek Muller joins “Cases and Controversies” to explain the legal issues at play and the potential impacts of a court ruling that fails to give a definitive answer before the presidential election.
The Washington Post
February 02, 2024
“It’s hard to say where the court’s going to go on this,” said University of Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller.
CNN
February 01, 2024
“Invoking Scalia is kind of an attempt to cite some moral authority for one of the court’s great originalists,” said Notre Dame Law School Professor Derek Muller, an expert on the case. “They’re not just citing anyone.”
USA Today
January 29, 2024
“It would pretty clearly foreclose any challenge to a presidential candidate for being not qualified under the United States Constitution,” Derek Muller, an election law professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School, said of the bill.
Fox News
January 26, 2024
"It would pretty clearly foreclose any challenge to a presidential candidate for being not qualified under the United States Constitution," Derek Muller, an election law professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School, told the Des Moines Register of the proposal.
Des Moines Register
January 25, 2024
"It would pretty clearly foreclose any challenge to a presidential candidate for being not qualified under the United States Constitution," Derek Muller, an election law professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School, said of the bill.
Bloomberg
January 17, 2024
In a paper forthcoming in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, University of Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller takes a new and interesting approach to identifying the ideological leanings of large law firms.
AFP, including Yahoo News, Barron's +50 others
January 09, 2024
Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame, noted that courts are "asked to decide tough questions all the time."
AFP, including Yahoo News +65 others
January 09, 2024
Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame, said he believes Trump, the first former US president ever to face criminal charges, faces an "uphill battle" in the immunity case.
The Conversation
January 09, 2024
The Conversation’s senior politics and democracy editor, Naomi Schalit, spoke with Notre Dame election law scholar Derek Muller about the Supreme Court’s decision to take the case, which will rest on the court’s interpretation of a post Civil War-era amendment aimed at keeping those who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” from serving in political office.
Associated Press
January 08, 2024
Prof. Derek T. Muller of the University of Notre Dame's law school said, "The court quite clearly understands the high stakes of the case and is aware that Colorado is just the first of many challenges this year."
Law.com
January 08, 2024
Notre Dame Law School professor Derek T. Muller said, “Trump only needs to win on one.”
The New York Times
January 04, 2024
Derek Muller, an election law expert and professor at Notre Dame’s law school, said Mr. Castro risked creating unfavorable precedent with his failed lawsuits.
USA Today
January 04, 2024
"The court will feel pressed to move quickly as voters soon begin casting their votes around the country," said Notre Dame Law School Professor Derek Muller, who has been closely following the ballot issue for months.
Bloomberg
January 04, 2024
“If you are not eligible to serve in the office, Congress might not count the votes for you,” said Derek Muller, a University of Notre Dame law professor who specializes in election law.
The Wall Street Journal
January 04, 2024
Trump’s appeal request leaves the Supreme Court with “a variety of options at its disposal” to rule on the case, from narrow, strictly legal questions to broader ones about Trump’s state of mind on Jan. 6, 2021, said Notre Dame Law School professor Derek Muller.
EWTN
Video
January 03, 2024
Regarding the legal questions at the center of the ballot bans, Election Law Professor at the University of Notre Dame, Derek Muller, joins to explain a bit about this appeal process and how soon we might see a decision rendered.
The Hill
January 02, 2024
Notre Dame law Professor Derek Muller has suggested that the court will “coalesce around a consensus unanimous opinion.”
The Hill
January 02, 2024
“It seems strange to allow the process to continue to play out, so I do think it’s going to force the court’s hand,” said Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame whom the judges cited in the Colorado ruling.
Axios
January 02, 2024
This is an effort to keep that trial date as much as reasonably possible with existing legal mechanisms," Derek Muller, a University of Notre Dame law school professor, told Axios after Smith's request.
Associated Press
January 02, 2024
There will be major pressure on the Supreme Court to offer clarity very soon,” said Derek Muller, a Notre Dame Law School professor and election law scholar.
The New York Times
January 02, 2024
“This is a fraught political issue,” said Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame.
The New York Times
January 02, 2024
“This is a major and extraordinary holding from a state supreme court,” Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame, wrote on the Election Law Blog.
The Washington Post
January 02, 2024
“In Bush v. Gore they ruled in three days,” said University of Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller, citing the decision that determined George W. Bush won the 2000 presidential election.
Politico
January 02, 2024
“In Bush v. Gore they ruled in three days,” University of Notre Dame law professor DEREK MULLER told the Washington Post.
Newsweek
December 21, 2023
"It's an extraordinary decision that puts Trump's election campaign in major legal jeopardy. It also will put a lot of pressure on the Supreme Court to review the decision," Derek T. Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana told Newsweek.
Axios
December 21, 2023
"There's no winning," Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller told Axios.
CNN
December 20, 2023
“It’s not an ideal situation for anyone, but I think there’s no question that with any adverse judicial decision, Trump will turn it into campaign talk,” said Derek Muller, an election law professor at Notre Dame Law School.
Los Angeles Times
December 20, 2023
Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller called the Colorado decision “a major and extraordinary holding from a state supreme court.
The Wall Street Journal
December 20, 2023
The case “exerts major pressure on the Court,” said Derek T. Muller, an election-law professor at Notre Dame Law School, and taking it will require the justices “to step into the thorniest of political thickets.”
Colorado Newsline
December 20, 2023
Derek Muller, a Notre Dame law professor who has followed the case closely, called the Colorado decision a “major and extraordinary holding” that will require the U.S. Supreme Court “to step into the thorniest of political thickets.”
Al Jazeera
December 20, 2023
“I think it may embolden other state courts or secretaries to act now that the bandage has been ripped off,” Derek Muller, a Notre Dame law professor who has closely followed the cases, told the Associated Press news agency after Tuesday’s ruling.
The Telegraph
December 20, 2023
Derek Muller, a Notre Dame law professor who has closely followed the Section 3 cases, said the ruling is “a major threat to Trump's candidacy.
Business Insider
December 20, 2023
Notre Dame Law School professor Derek Muller, an election law scholar, told Business Insider he believes the Supreme Court will be inclined to hear the case because it deals with the 14th Amendment — which has never been subject to interpretation by the Supreme Court in the 150 years it has been in place.
Business Insider
December 20, 2023
Critics of the suit have argued that CREW's argument and Colorado's subsequent ruling limit voters' rights to choose who to cast their ballot for — but election law scholar and Notre Dame Law School professor Derek Muller told Business Insider the existing qualifications for office are designed to prevent people from voting for who they want to.
Bloomberg
December 20, 2023
“This is an extraordinary holding from the Colorado Supreme Court,” said Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame.
USA Today
December 20, 2023
"It exerts major pressure on the court," said Notre Dame Law School Professor Derek Muller. "Even inaction would functionally exclude (Trump) from not just Colorado but perhaps other states."
CNN
December 20, 2023
Derek Muller, an election law expert at Notre Dame Law School, said Wallace’s conclusions about Trump’s role in the insurrection were “remarkable.”
Associated Press
December 20, 2023
“I think it may embolden other state courts or secretaries to act now that the bandage has been ripped off,” Derek Muller, a Notre Dame law professor who has closely followed the Section 3 cases, said after Tuesday’s ruling.
The Washington Post
December 20, 2023
Derek Muller, a University of Notre Dame law professor who has studied the cases challenging Trump’s candidacy, called the Colorado decision unlike any other in history.
The New York Times
December 20, 2023
“This is a major and extraordinary holding from a state supreme court,” Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame, wrote on the Election Law Blog.
Bloomberg
Audio
December 14, 2023
Derek Muller, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses the Special Counsel asking the Supreme Court to decide whether Donald Trump is entitled to absolute presidential immunity against criminal charges over his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
The New York Times
December 12, 2023
Derek Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame, said the procedure remained unusual.
USA Today
December 11, 2023
"It's always a longshot bid for the Supreme Court to hear a case like this, without waiting for the process to play out in the lower courts," said Notre Dame Law School Professor Derek Muller.
The Washington Post
December 11, 2023
Derek Muller, a University of Notre Dame law school professor, described Monday’s filing as rare and said Smith was asking the Supreme Court for “extraordinary relief.”
Newsweek
December 08, 2023
Derek T. Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, has filed a briefing to the Colorado Supreme Court. In it, he said that there have been several cases where presidential candidates were excluded from the ballot because they were deemed ineligible under the U.S constitution.
CNN
December 07, 2023
“The justices struggled with whether Colorado courts even have power to hear cases like this,” said Derek Muller, an election law expert at Notre Dame Law School who filed a brief that was neutral on disqualifying Trump.
Fox News
December 05, 2023
"Retirements can take many forms. Members seek another office or another career opportunity, or they simply get tired with the job after doing it for many years," Derek T. Muller, professor of law at Notre Dame Law School, told Fox News Digital.
USA Today
December 04, 2023
“It’s a delicate balancing that the courts are going through," said Derek Muller, a lawyer professor at the University of Notre Dame. "I envy no one in trying to balance them in a case like this."
Bloomberg
November 29, 2023
Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame who studies election law, said that federal appeals courts with a number of judges appointed by Trump and other Republicans, including the Eleventh and Eighth circuits, tend to have a more conservative approach to interpreting statutes.
CNN
November 20, 2023
Derek Muller, an election law expert at Notre Dame Law School, said Wallace’s conclusions about Trump’s role in the insurrection were “remarkable.”
USA Today
November 20, 2023
But Derek Muller, a University of Notre Dame law professor who has closely followed the issue, said it’s too soon to declare the effort to knock Trump off the ballot over.
Associated Press
November 20, 2023
“It’s a stunning holding for a court to conclude that a former president engaged in insurrection against the United States,” said Derek Muller, a Notre Dame law professor who has followed the case closely.
Associated Press
November 16, 2023
“There’s this very public fight, in all these colloquial terms, about whether it’s an insurrection, but it really comes down to brass tacks defining what this constitutional term means,” Derek Muller, a Notre Dame law professor who’s followed the litigation closely, told the Associated Press.
USA Today
November 03, 2023
"States are looking to start printing and mailing ballots in January so these cases are moving very quickly and Minnesota might be the first state supreme court to issue a decision," said Derek Muller, a University of Notre Dame law professor.
CNN
November 03, 2023
Derek Muller, an election law expert at Notre Dame Law School, filed a brief in the case that was neutral on Trump’s eligibility but offered analysis of key legal questions.
North Carolina Public Radio
November 03, 2023
Courts will now contend with thorny legal questions, such as what actually constitutes a rebellion and whether Congress needs to make that clearer through legislation before courts can weigh in, according to Professor Derek Muller, an elections law expert at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.
CNN
October 31, 2023
"We’ve never seen a challenge like this to a presidential candidate, hearings that go for days to evaluate their eligibility,” said Derek Muller, an election law expert at Notre Dame Law School who filed a brief in a similar case that was neutral on disqualifying Trump but gave analysis for key legal questions.
Associated Press
October 31, 2023
“We’ve had hearings with presidential candidates debating their eligibility before — Barack Obama, Ted Cruz, John McCain,” said Derek T. Muller, a Notre Dame law professor, listing candidates challenged on whether they met the constitutional requirement of being a “natural born citizen.”
Newsweek
October 26, 2023
"It's the first domino to fall. We've never seen a challenge like this to a presidential candidate, hearings that go for days to evaluate their eligibility," Derek Muller, an election law expert at Notre Dame Law School, told CNN.
The Atlantic
October 19, 2023
“Hassan is kept off, because he’s not a citizen,” Derek T. Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame who has written about the legal significance of Hassan’s case, told me.
USA Today
October 16, 2023
Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame said the bench order appeared narrowly tailored, but enforcing the eventual written order could still become a challenge.
Reuters
October 05, 2023
A May analysis of Education Department data by Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller found that Western Michigan University Cooley Law School; Atlanta's John Marshall Law School, and Appalachian School of Law were among the schools with the highest debt-to-income ratios.
CNN
September 20, 2023
Derek Muller, an election law expert who teaches at the Notre Dame Law School, said he believes it’ll be a “heavy lift” for their argument to prevail in court.
CNN
September 15, 2023
“Many states do not have a law on the books empowering the secretary of state to judge the eligibility of presidential candidates,” said Derek Muller, an election law expert who teaches at the Notre Dame Law School.
Washington Times
September 12, 2023
Derek T. Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame, said a secretary of state’s authority over removing Mr. Trump’s name from the ballot depends on state law.
The New York Times
September 07, 2023
Derek Muller, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, emphasized that standing requirements are looser in state courts than in federal courts, especially when it comes to voters’ ability to challenge candidates’ eligibility.
The Washington Post
September 05, 2023
“The odds are high that at least one gets to the merits and decides whether Trump participated in an insurrection that disqualifies him,” said Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame.
C-SPAN
August 25, 2023
University of Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller talked about the Supreme Court decision in Moore v. Harper, which found the Constitution does not allow a state to regulate federal elections, rejecting a broad interpretation of the so-called “independent state legislature” theory.
Los Angeles Times
August 21, 2023
“People are not anticipating how pervasive these will be,” said Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller, an election law expert.
Bloomberg
August 17, 2023
“To the extent that attorneys are looking for an alternative on the Republican side, it’s no surprise to see them coalescing around DeSantis,” said Derek Muller, a Notre Dame University law professor who has studied lawyers’ political contributions.
Detroit News
July 19, 2023
Derek Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame Law School, said the criminal charges leveled are a "fraught" area of the law.
