All posts by Rick Hasen

“Mitch McConnell Endorses Trump, Whom He Once Denounced”

March 6, 2024, 11:12 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Three years after delivering a scorching denouncement of Donald J. Trump after the Jan. 6 riot, Senator Mitch McConnell endorsed him for president on Wednesday, illustrating Mr. Trump’s power to bend the Republican Party to his will as he… Continue reading

LOL

March 6, 2024, 10:51 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Supreme Court will hear Trump immunity appeal on the last day of the argument term, April 25. Earlier: It’s Past Time to Quit Hoping the Courts Are Going to Stop Trump.

“This Could Well Be Game Over”

March 6, 2024, 7:38 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Tom Edsall NYT column: While the Supreme Court ruling on Monday that states cannot bar Donald Trump from appearing on their presidential ballots garnered a lot of attention, the more politically consequential decision came on Feb. 28, when the court … Continue reading

“Feds accuse Sen. Bob Menendez and wife of lying about bribe money, Mercedes-Benz in new indictment”

March 6, 2024, 7:34 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico reports.

“Thurgood Marshall Institute Releases Brief Examining State Control of Black Political Power in Local Communities”

March 6, 2024, 7:31 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

LDF Release: Last week, the Legal Defense Fund’s (LDF) Thurgood Marshall Institute released a new research brief, When the State Takes Over: How State Officials Usurping Local Control Threatens Local Black Political Power, authored by Senior Researcher Dr. Sandhya… Continue reading

Balkinization Symposium on My Book, “A Real Right to Vote,” Opens with Michael Waldman’s Expanding Our Constitutional Imagination

March 6, 2024, 7:27 amReal Right to VoteRick Hasen

I’m very grateful to Jack Balkin for hosting a symposium over the next week or so on my new book, A Real Right to Vote. I’m especially honored by the distinguished contributors: Bruce Cain (Stanford), Wilfred Codrington III (Brooklyn), Alex… Continue reading

My New One at Slate: “The Supreme Court Just Delivered a Rare Self-Own for John Roberts”

March 5, 2024, 3:25 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: The Supreme Court’s unsigned majority opinion in Trump v. Anderson, ending Colorado’s attempt to disqualify Donald Trump from appearing on the ballot as an insurrectionist, is a remarkable self-own. It… Continue reading

“Trump-allied election groups burned through millions with no evidence of widespread fraud”

March 5, 2024, 1:32 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNBC: Several groups founded by allies of former President Donald Trump to combat alleged “voter fraud” now have little money or results to show for their efforts. Trump’s false claims that he lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden… Continue reading

“In Trump Cases, Supreme Court Cannot Avoid Politics”

March 5, 2024, 12:57 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Insightful Adam Liptak analysis at the NYT.

Walter Olson on Improving Nevada Election Administration

March 5, 2024, 12:56 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

New policy paper.

“‘They didn’t do it clearly enough’: SCOTUS ruling prompts worries of another Jan. 6 crisis”

March 5, 2024, 7:38 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico: The Supreme Court said Monday it was avoiding “chaos” by squashing state-level efforts to throw Donald Trump off the ballot. Instead, the high court may have just shifted that chaos to Congress. The decision ignited an intense debate… Continue reading

“Amy Coney Barrett disagreed with the majority over Trump, but admonished the liberals instead”

March 5, 2024, 7:32 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Joan Biskupic for CNN: Justice Amy Coney Barrett packed two very different messages into her one-page opinion on Monday as the Supreme Court declared states could not toss former President Donald Trump off the ballot. She chastised her colleagues on the right… Continue reading

March 12 Commonwealth Club Virtual Event in Conversation with Guy Marzorati on My New Book, “A Real Right to Vote”

March 5, 2024, 7:24 amReal Right to VoteRick Hasen

You can find tickets for this virtual event here. (Note this was originally listed as an in-person event that will now take place online.)

I Spoke to the “Sidebar” Podcast About My New Book, “A Real Right to Vote”

March 5, 2024, 7:21 amReal Right to VoteRick Hasen

You can listen here.

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