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Professor Magliocca to Serve as Expert Witness in Voter Challenge
01/12/2022
A group of North Carolina voters is challenging U.S. Representative Madison Cawthorn’s qualification for re-election in 2022. The group has enlisted Professor Gerard Magliocca to deliver expert testimony in their case.
In the complaint filed with the North Carolina State Board of Elections, the voters argue Cawthorn is ineligible for public office under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment, known as the Disqualification Clause, to the U.S. Constitution. A story about the challenge appears in Common Dreams. Professor Magliocca, the story notes, is one of the nation’s leading experts on Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment. He is prepared to serve as an expert witness in support of the voters’ challenge.
As evidence of Cawthorn’s disqualification, the voters point to Cawthorn’s statements and reports that he or his office coordinated with the organizers of the January 6, 2021, attack on the United States Capitol.
Professor Magliocca is a Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law at IU McKinney. He is the author of five books, the latest of which, Washington’s Heir: The Life of Bushrod Washington, is slated to be published by Oxford University Press in 2022. He also is the author of over 20 articles on constitutional law and intellectual property.
