We Can’t Give In to Fear
It seems that everyone is afraid — afraid that Donald Trump will target them next, afraid that Elon Musk may single them out on his social media platform.

As the founder of Democracy Docket and Partner at Elias Law Group, Marc Elias is a nationally recognized authority in voting rights, redistricting and law. In 2020, Marc led the historic legal effort to protect voting rights, winning over 60 lawsuits against the GOP’s efforts to suppress the vote. As Republicans continue to mount aggressive challenges to voting, Marc continues to fight back in court and on Twitter. Fighting for democracy by his side is Marc’s Portuguese Water Dog named Bode.
It seems that everyone is afraid — afraid that Donald Trump will target them next, afraid that Elon Musk may single them out on his social media platform.
Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” This is my response.
In more than 30 lawsuits filed against the new administration — including involving Musk’s activities — the government has not won one on the merits.
If we truly care about the future of free and fair elections, we must take the threat Trump poses to our elections literally and seriously.
The pro-democracy movement will not survive four years of Trump if its members cannot or will not stand up and do their work.
The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. Here are ten things all of us can do.
You hear the complaint all the time: When fighting Trump, our side too often brings a knife to a gun fight.
If democracy is to survive the next four years, the courts will need to perform each of these functions.
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What Trump did to our elections he is now doing to the other institutions of our democracy.
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