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An Amherst professor predicted exactly how Trump would try to overturn the election. Now he fears for 2024
Lawrence Douglas says the American electoral system is still vulnerable to subversion.
By David Scharfenberg Globe Staff,Updated January 14, 2021, 2:58 a.m.
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Weâre almost there.
Democracy, it seems, has held.
But in the run-up to the election, there was real doubt about whether weâd get to this point â whether weâd manage to uphold the centuries-old tradition of the peaceful transfer of power.
Lawrence Douglas, professor of law, jurisprudence, and social thought at Amherst College, raised some of the sharpest warnings about what could go wrong.