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Watchdog Exposes Hidden Academic Pipeline Behind Left-Wing Election Litigation

Left-leaning law schools are directly affecting elections, according to a new study by a legal watchdog group.

The Public Interest Legal Foundation released a new report Thursday titled “Dangerous Imbalance: Why Law Schools Graduate an Army of Activist Election Lawyers.”

The report focuses on the disparity in election law course offerings and the overwhelming number of left-leaning professors teaching these courses compared with right-leaning professors.

Left-leaning and liberal election law professors outnumber right-of-center and conservative professors by 76 to 12, according to the report.

The report said the imbalance is evident in election litigation because there is a much larger pool of left-leaning election lawyers. The report says future election lawyers are trained in courses taught by far-left law school faculty.

“Scores of election-focused nonprofit organizations on the left are stocked with crusading lawyers, many as you will learn from elite law schools,” the report........

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