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Professor Edward Larson Joins Historians' Statement on Congressional Certification of the 2020 Presidential Election

Professor Edward J. Larson is a co-signer on the "Historians' Statement on Congressional Certification of the 2020 Presidential Election." Professor Larson joins over twenty other noted historians and constitutional scholars as signatories to the statement, including Akhil Amar of Yale University and Michael McConnell of Stanford University.

Excerpt from "Historians' Statement on Congressional Certification of the 2020 Presidential Election"

The People have spoken. The State Legislatures have spoken. The Supreme Court has spoken. The Electoral College has spoken. Yet now, some members of Congress are disrupting the orderly acceptance of the election result, which is the single most important principle of democratic government.

The complete statement may be found here