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  Election 2020 Explained

  Lynn University

  Election 2020 Explained: Everything you wanted to know (and didn't want to know)

  Join Dr. Robert Watson as he explains Election Day and post-election scenarios, and what the Constitution says about all this and many more questions answered!

  Get these commonly asked questions answered:

  • By law, how many days do states have to count votes?
  • When does the Electoral College cast its vote?
  • Must the electors vote the way the states voted, and have there been elections that have dragged on for weeks or whose vote/results have been overturned? (The answer to both is yes, so how could that work in 2020?)
  • Can the Democrats "pack" or "unpack" the Supreme Court, and how would that work?
  • What lawsuits will be filed after the election?
  • Could this election go to the Supreme Court?

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  Do Black Lives Matter to the Constitution? (U.S. Constitution Day)

  Lynn University

  Be a Global Citizen: Human Rights Lecture Series

  Distinguished Professor of American History, Dr. Robert Watson, hosts our annual Constitution Day lecture.

  In collaboration with the Pulse Agency, the League of Women Voters, Lynn Library, Lynn Student Affairs, and Project Civitas hosted a virtual voter registration drive on Zoom and a brief lecture to discuss the Constitution as it relates to Black Lives Matter.

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  Never Again: The 10 Stages of Genocide

  Lynn University

  Be a Global Citizen: Human Rights Lecture Series

  Join a virtual discussion on the ten stages of genocide, as developed by Dr. Gregory Stanton, the founder of Genocide Watch. This virtual conversation led by Dr. Antonella Regueiro and Dr. Timea Varga will help you explore genocide as a process and highlight different stages in different genocides throughout history, and its implications for today.

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  State-Sanctioned Racism: The Nuremberg Race Laws (85th Anniversary)

  Lynn University

  Be a Global Citizen: Human Rights Lecture Series

  Join Professor of Criminal Justice Dr. Sindee Kerker and Dr. Robert Watson, distinguished professor of history, for a virtual conversation about state-sanctioned racism as represented with the Nuremberg Laws and the legal precedent of the Nuremberg trials (Professor Kerker) joining with the historical perspective of the Nuremberg Race Laws through present-day circumstances in the U.S. and globally (Professor Watson).