All posts by Rick Hasen

“The Legal Coup; New Documents Reveal How Trump Lawyers Sought ‘Chaos’ to Force SCOTUS, or Whoever Else, to Anoint Trump”

February 12, 2024, 7:40 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Josh Kovensky for TPM: In late 2020, a group of conservative movement attorneys set out to build a legal pathway by which Donald Trump could stay in power, having lost the election. We’ve known about the outcome of their work… Continue reading

“RFK Jr.’s super PAC runs a $7M ad during the Super Bowl”

February 12, 2024, 7:32 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Politico: The super PAC backing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign aired a costly Super Bowl ad that didn’t just draw direct parallels between the independent candidate and his uncle, former president John F. Kennedy — it also used the… Continue reading

“This Pa. activist is the source of false and flawed election claims gaining traction across the country”

February 12, 2024, 7:26 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

VoteBeat: On Jan. 6, 2021, as former President Donald Trump rallied his supporters, he used a statistic that, though false, was making the rounds: “In Pennsylvania, you had 205,000 more votes than you had voters,” he screamed, throwing his arms… Continue reading

Mar. 8 Wisconsin Event: “Current Challenges to Election Administration”

February 12, 2024, 7:24 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Current Challenges to Election Administration Co-hosted by the Elections Research Center (ERC) and the State Democracy Research Initiative (SDRI) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Sponsored by Stafford Rosenbaum LLP When: Friday, March 8, 3-4:15 p.m. CTWhere: UW Law School, RM 2260 (or… Continue reading

“Real Right to Vote” Book Tour Opens This Thursday, Feb. 15, at UCLA Hammer Museum, with me in Conversation with Erwin Chemerinsky

February 11, 2024, 9:04 pmReal Right to VoteRick Hasen

I recently noted some in-person and virtual events to discuss my new book, A Real Right to Vote, out February 20th. (Preorder from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Bookshop, and read the Kirkus Review). Here’s the… Continue reading

“Meta turns its back on politics again, angering some news creators”

February 11, 2024, 7:48 amcheap speechRick Hasen

WaPo: Meta announced on Friday it would stop proactively recommending political content on Instagram or its upstart text-based app Threads, alarming news and politics-focused creators and journalists gearing up for a crucial election year. While users will still be allowed… Continue reading

“Georgia Republican Party official denies voting fraud charges in court”

February 11, 2024, 7:14 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

AJC: A top Georgia Republican Party official and talk show host accused of election fraud, Brian K. Pritchard, testified Friday that he never voted illegally while serving a felony sentence for forging checks, but state attorneys showed evidence that he… Continue reading

“To avoid election crisis, Arizona lawmakers try bipartisanship”

February 9, 2024, 2:28 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

WaPo: Alarmed that Arizona’s 11 electoral votes mightnot be counted in the process for selecting the next American president, Republicans and Democrats in this political battleground did something rare: They found consensus. After months of warnings and a frantic series… Continue reading

“Exclusive: Biden officials confront limits of federal response in exercise preparing for 2024 election threats”

February 9, 2024, 10:40 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

CNN: When senior national security officials gathered in the White House Situation Room in December to prepare for the 2024 election, they faced a pair of stark, simulated scenarios that tested the limits of any federal response to election-related chaos,… Continue reading

“The Supreme Court and the Risks of January 6, 2025”

February 9, 2024, 8:27 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Jeannie Suk Gersen: The election-law experts Edward Foley, Benjamin Ginsberg, and Richard Hasen warned, in an amicus brief, that if the Justices resolve the case without “deciding the merits of the disqualification question,” it “would not reflect an admirable judicial… Continue reading

Elise Stefanik, If She Had Been Vice President in 2020, “Would Not Have Done What Mike Pence Did,” Suggesting She Would Have Acted to Subvert the 2020 Election

February 9, 2024, 7:54 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

THIS is troubling (via Political Wire).

DNC Files FEC Complaint Claiming Illegal Coordination Against RFK Jr. and a Supportive PAC That is Allegedly Helping Him with Ballot Access

February 9, 2024, 7:14 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

You can find the complaint here.

“Election officials go on offense to prevent disruptions of 2024 vote”

February 9, 2024, 6:53 amelection administration, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Yvonne Wingett Sanchez for WaPo: In training poll workers for this year’s presidential election, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes is preparing them for a series of worst-case scenarios, including combat. His office is coordinating active-shooter drills for election… Continue reading

“A Ruling for Trump on Eligibility Could Doom His Bid for Immunity”

February 8, 2024, 3:58 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Adam Liptak for the NYT: Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and his colleagues seemed ready on Thursday to start to rebuild the court’s reputation by presenting themselves as unified and apolitical. He has had a bumpy ride of late,… Continue reading