Maureen Edobor Appears on “Law and Democracy” Podcast The podcast, hosted by the Ohio State College of Law, focuses on developments in election law.

By Law Communications
December 2, 2025

Maureen Edobor, an assistant professor of law and a fellow in the DeLaney Center at Washington and Lee University, appeared recently on the “Law and Democracy” podcast hosted by Ohio State College of Law. Edobor is the first Black legal scholar and pre-tenure professor to appear on the program.

The podcast episode was titled “The Decisive Blow: Can Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act Survive?” and examined recent court decisions that threaten to upend policies to eliminate discriminatory practices. Professor Edobor explained the importance of the Supreme Court case Louisiana v. Callais, which challenges the constitutionality of a new congressional map designed to remedy vote dilution for Black voters.

“We are living through a moment where the capacity for voting rights to endure is really strong, but the legal architecture that used to protect the right to vote is weakening significantly,” said Edobor. “I think that’s why the conversation is now moving towards structural affirmation of the right to vote rather than playing defense through litigation.”

You can view the entire podcast here, with Professor Edobor in conversation with Professor Anthony Gaughan, Terri Enns, and Anne Ralph, who are all Senior Fellows in Election Law at Ohio State.

Edobor joined the faculty in 2023. She teaches and writes in constitutional law, election law, and democratic theory, and serves as a Theodore DeLaney Center Fellow focusing on Southern race relations, politics, and culture. Her scholarship examines how constitutional and election law doctrines influence access to democratic participation and shape collective understandings of civic identity. Her recent article in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law examined the U.S. Supreme Court case Brnovich v. Democratic National Convention,” where the Court’s narrow interpretation of Section 2 of the VRA made it more difficult to challenge discriminatory voting laws.

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