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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.
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.
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.
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.
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
News Nation
Video
July 23, 2024
Interview with Notre Dame Law School Professor Derek Muller
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.”
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.
NPR
Audio
July 22, 2024
Election law expert Derek Muller explains how President Biden's decision affects 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."
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
The Washington Post
March 08, 2024
University of Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller agreed the majority opinion left the question muddled.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
February 05, 2024
“Frankly, I think that’s one of his stronger arguments,” said Derek Muller, a University of Notre Dame election-law professor.
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 +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.
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."
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 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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.