On Thursday Morning, I Will Be Live-Blogging the Supreme Court’s Oral Arguments in the Trump Immunity Case Over the (Real) Election Interference Charges Against Him
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All posts by Rick Hasen
Foreign Affairs Reviews “A Real Right to Vote” and the Lessig/Seligman Book
Why It Matters Legally Whether We Conceive of the Trump Case as One of “Election Interference”
Jed Handelsman Shugerman in NYT oped:
About a year ago, when Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, indicted former President Donald Trump, I was critical of the case and called it an embarrassment. I thought an array of legal problems… Continue reading
“As Meta flees politics, campaigns rely on new tricks to reach voters”
WaPo:
After years of pitching its suite of social media apps as the lifeblood of campaigns,Meta is breaking up with politics. The company has decreased the visibility of politics-focused posts and accounts on Facebook and Instagram as well as imposed… Continue reading
“Supreme Court declines to decide if vote-by-mail restrictions discriminate in some states”
USA Today:
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to decide if states that automatically let senior citizens vote by mail must let younger voters do the same, an issue that could affect millions of voters…..
Seven states – Texas, Indiana,… Continue reading
“Back into the FIRE: Hasen’s response to FIRE and Rohde: Don’t read the press clause out of the Constitution — First Amendment News 420”
I have written this reply, as Ron Collins explains:
It all started when I noticed an SSRN post of a forthcoming essay by Richard Hasen. In it, the UCLA School of Law professor took exception to some of what… Continue reading
I Spoke to KQED’s “Political Breakdown” Show About the Trump Trial, Voting Rights, and My Book, A Real Right to Vote
“Inside Donald Trump’s Embrace of the Jan. 6 Rioters; The former president initially disavowed the attack on the Capitol, but he is now making it a centerpiece of his general election campaign.”
“Jan. 6 Obstruction Case at Supreme Court Could Help Trump and Many Others”
Adam Liptak for the NYT.
“My New One in the LA Times: “Why it’s hard to muster even a ‘meh’ over Trump’s New York criminal trial”
I have written this piece for the LA Times. It begins:
In watching some of the breathless coverage of Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial, I’m reminded of the 2004 quote from former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that, “You go… Continue reading
The Supreme Court Can No Longer Sidestep Considering January 6 and the Attempts to Subvert the 2020 Election
The Supreme Court was miraculously able to sidestep any grappling with attempts to subvert the 2020 presidential election in Trump v. Anderson, the case over whether Donald Trump was barred from serving as President again for encouraging an insurrection. The… Continue reading
“Supreme Court to weigh if Jan. 6 rioters can be charged with obstruction”
Ann Marimow for WaPo:
Defense lawyers say prosecutors overreachedby charging rioters with a crime that is limited to conduct that destroys or tampers with evidence sought by investigators. The government’s broad application of the statute, the lawyerswarned in court filings,… Continue reading
Mike Johnson Plans to Introduce Legislation to Require Everyone to Provide Documentary Proof of Citizenship to Be Registered to Vote
What Speaker Johnson announced while standing next to Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago is not too far off from what I predicted, though it is even more draconian.
It’s not necessary, would disenfranchise many voters if it passed, and is… Continue reading
I Spoke to the PBS News Hour About Trump’s Hush Money Case Starting Monday
You can watch William Brangham’s report here, also featuring Jerry Goldfeder and Jessica Roth: