{"id":29533,"date":"2020-08-27T16:14:40","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T20:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/?p=29533"},"modified":"2020-08-27T17:52:10","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T21:52:10","slug":"ciara-torres-spelliscy-looks-at-fate-of-supreme-court-with-trump-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2020\/08\/27\/ciara-torres-spelliscy-looks-at-fate-of-supreme-court-with-trump-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Ciara Torres-Spelliscy looks at fate of Supreme Court with Trump victory in Vox article"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;line-height:18px\">By Ian Millhiser <br><em>Vox<\/em><br>Aug. 25, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Excerpt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/torres-spelliscy-square.png\" alt=\"Ciara Torres-Spelliscy\" class=\"wp-image-28730\" width=\"174\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/torres-spelliscy-square.png 300w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/torres-spelliscy-square-200x200.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 174px) 100vw, 174px\" \/><figcaption>Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/faculty\/torres-spelliscy-ciara\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ciara Torres-Spelliscy<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">America could become even less democratic if President Donald Trump gets to fill another Supreme Court seat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are already five conservative votes on the Supreme Court to dismantle campaign finance reforms,\u201d according to Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, a law professor at Stetson University and an expert on money in politics. 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