All posts by Rick Hasen

“Republicans are flagged more often than Democrats for sharing misinformation on X’s Community Notes”

June 19, 2025, 2:10 pmcheap speechRick Hasen

Thomas Renault , Mohsen Mosleh, and David G. Rand in PNAS: We use crowd-sourced assessments from X’s Community Notes program to examine whether there are partisan differences in the sharing of misleading information. Unlike previous studies, misleadingness here… Continue reading

ELB Book Corner: Ciara Torres-Spelliscy: “Follow the Money to the Big Lie”

June 19, 2025, 6:00 amELB Book CornerRick Hasen

I am pleased to welcome Ciara Torres-Spelliscy to the ELB Book Corner, writing about her new book Corporatocracy. This is the final of four posts: What makes the money in politics hard to trace is the tendency of corporations… Continue reading

“FBI Director Kash Patel feeds 2020 election conspiracy theories with documents about unverified tip”

June 18, 2025, 9:49 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Ryan Reilly for NBC News: FBI Director Kash Patel said this week the bureau had shared “alarming” — but unsubstantiated — allegations about manipulation of the 2020 election with a Republican member of Congress. “The FBI has located documents which… Continue reading

ELB Book Corner: Ciara Torres-Spelliscy: “The Naked 2020 Elections”

June 18, 2025, 6:00 amELB Book CornerRick Hasen

I am pleased to welcome Ciara Torres-Spelliscy to the ELB Book Corner, writing about her new book Corporatocracy. This is the third of four posts: Because of the “Big Lie,” most Republicans to this day think the… Continue reading

Election Law Academics Update

June 17, 2025, 7:29 amelection law bizRick Hasen

Here’s my yearly roundup of election law academic hires, promotions moves, visits, accolades: James Alcorn started as the Senior Director of the Election Law Program at William and Mary law school. Travis Crum was granted tenure and promoted to professor… Continue reading

ELB Book Corner: Ciara Torres-Spelliscy: “The Musical Influences on Elections”

June 17, 2025, 6:00 amELB Book CornerRick Hasen

I am pleased to welcome Ciara Torres-Spelliscy to the ELB Book Corner, writing about her new book Corporatocracy. This is the second of four posts: My new book Corporatocracy gave me a chance to look at events in recent… Continue reading

“Mike Lee Draws Outrage for Posts Blaming Assassination on the Far Left”

June 16, 2025, 2:56 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: Scarcely 24 hours after a Democratic lawmaker in Minnesota was assassinated in her home, Senator Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, posted a pair of politically charged messages mocking the attack. “This is what happens When Marxists don’t get their… Continue reading

“Eastman disbarment recommended by State Bar Court’s Review Department; California Supreme Court is next”

June 16, 2025, 12:32 pmchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

At the Lectern: On Friday, the California State Bar Court’s three-judge Review Department came to the same conclusion as a hearing judge over a year ago and recommended the disbarment of President Trump’s former lawyer, John Eastman. (98-page decision and… Continue reading

“Like School Shootings, Political Violence Is Becoming Almost Routine”

June 16, 2025, 7:48 amchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: In the past three months alone, a man set fire to the Pennsylvania governor’s residence while Mr. Shapiro and his family were asleep inside; another man gunned down a pair of workers from the Israeli Embassy outside an event… Continue reading

“Trump’s Strategy in Law Firm Cases: Lose, Don’t Appeal, Yet Prevail”

June 16, 2025, 7:46 amauthoritarian threats in USRick Hasen

Adam Liptak for the NYT: The Trump administration is ordinarily quick to appeal its losses. When courts in recent weeks blocked President Trump’s tariff plans and his takeover of National Guard troops in California, government lawyers filed appeals within … Continue reading

ELB Book Corner: Ciara Torres-Spelliscy: “Not Corruption’s First Rodeo”

June 16, 2025, 6:00 amELB Book CornerRick Hasen

I am pleased to welcome Ciara Torres-Spelliscy to the ELB Book Corner, writing about her new book Corporatocracy. This is the first of four posts: Press coverage of the political events in 2025 often lament that the corruption unfolding… Continue reading

My Statement: Thoughts on the Despicable Assassination (and Attempted Assassination) of Minnesota Legislators, the Rise in Political Violence in the United States, and the Threats to Free and Fair Elections

June 14, 2025, 12:18 pmauthoritarian threats in US, chicaneryRick Hasen

Violence directed at innocent people is abhorrent and political violence even more so because it is an attack not just on people but on the institution of democracy itself and an attempt to change government not through elections but through… Continue reading

Nate Cohn: “Is There an Opening for a Third Party?”

June 14, 2025, 11:21 amthird partiesRick Hasen

NYT’s “The Tilt” newsletter: Of all of Elon Musk’s explosive X posts last week during his public sparring with President Trump, perhaps the one that received the least attention was his call for a third party. Even if… Continue reading

“New Hampshire jury acquits consultant behind AI robocalls mimicking Biden on all charges”

June 14, 2025, 11:07 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

AP: A political consultant who sent artificial intelligence-generated robocalls mimicking former President Joe Biden to New Hampshire Democrats last year was acquitted Friday of voter suppression and impersonating a candidate. Steven Kramer, 56, of New Orleans, admitted orchestrating a message… Continue reading