All posts by Rick Hasen

Supreme Court, Applying Intermediate Scrutiny, Upholds TikTok Ban Against First Amendment Challenge on Grounds That It Allows a Foreign Adversary to Spy on Americans

January 17, 2025, 7:15 amcheap speechRick Hasen

The result was unanimous, in a per curiam opinion and two concurrences (by Sotomayor and Gorsuch). The nub, as Justice Gorsuch put it at the end of his concurrence, was this: “Speaking with and in favor of a foreign adversary… Continue reading

“Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment is law. What happens next is unclear”

January 17, 2025, 7:10 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NPR: President Biden on Friday declared that he considers the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution is “the law of the land,” a surprising declaration that does not have any formal force of effect, but that is being celebrated by… Continue reading

“BREAKING: SCOTUSblog Publisher Tom Goldstein Indicted In Tax Case”

January 16, 2025, 1:15 pmchicanery, election law bizRick Hasen

Law360: Tom Goldstein, a publisher of SCOTUSblog and one of the most experienced U.S. Supreme Court lawyers in the country, was indicted Thursday in Maryland federal court on charges he schemed to evade taxes for years and used funds from… Continue reading

“Minnesota House Democrats work from afar as GOP convenes sessions without them”

January 16, 2025, 12:53 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Minnesota Reformer: Judy Moe walked into a Richfield Caribou Coffee on Wednesday morning ready to air grievances and advocate for disability rights with her state representative, presenting him with a copy of a printed agenda she created for the… Continue reading

Debate on the Electoral College in DC Journal

January 16, 2025, 12:50 pmelectoral collegeRick Hasen

Dan Greenberg: “Point: The Electoral College Protects Minority Views and Discourages Fraud.” Rob Richie: “Counterpoint: The Electoral College Must Be Reformed.”

“Rudy Giuliani settles with Georgia women who won $148 million defamation judgment against him”

January 16, 2025, 12:48 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico: Rudy Giuliani reached a deal Thursday with two Georgia women who won a $148 million defamation verdict against him that allows him to keep all of his property in exchange for a payment of unknown size — plus a… Continue reading

ELB Podcast 6:4: Katie Harbath: The Present and Future of Social Media, Politics, and Elections

January 16, 2025, 8:34 amcheap speech, ELB PodcastRick Hasen

Season 6, Episode 4 of the ELB Podcast: How did social media’s treatment of election content change in the 2024 elections? What do Meta’s new announcements mean for politics and society going forward? How might AI change everything? On Season… Continue reading

“Biden warns of the rise of a new American ‘oligarchy'”

January 16, 2025, 7:17 amauthoritarian threats in US, Plutocrats UnitedRick Hasen

WaPo: President Joe Biden used his final address from the Oval Office to deliver a somber warning about the threat posed by the “dangerous concentration of power” in the hands of wealthy and well-connected individuals, a thinly veiled reference… Continue reading

“Riggs, Griffin spar over proper forum for NC Supreme Court election dispute”

January 16, 2025, 7:15 amjudicial elections, recountsRick Hasen

Carolina Journal: The two candidates in North Carolina’s recent Supreme Court election disagree about the proper forum for resolving a legal dispute involving the election. Republican Jefferson Griffin argues that the case belongs in state court. Democrat Allison Riggs… Continue reading

“‘Everyone’s trying to kiss the ring’: Trump’s inauguration devours corporate cash, smashing records”

January 16, 2025, 7:07 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Politico: Donald Trump’s first White House victory caught corporate America flat-footed. This time around, industries that his administration will soon oversee are showering his inaugural committee with record-breaking donations — and making sure both the president-elect and the public notice… Continue reading

“Training for Election Officials: A 50-State Analysis”

January 16, 2025, 6:54 amelection administrationRick Hasen

New report: Election officials learn to carry out their duties by participating in training at the national, state, and local levels. State-level training is a particularly valuable source for best practices and information on the state laws, policies, and procedures… Continue reading

“Nonprofit Founded by Stacey Abrams Admits Secretly Aiding Her 2018 Campaign”

January 15, 2025, 9:33 amcampaigns, chicanery, tax law and election lawRick Hasen

NYT: A nonprofit founded by Stacey Abrams, a Georgia Democrat, admitted on Wednesday that it had violated state law by concealing the fact that it had campaigned for her during her 2018 run for governor. At the time of that… Continue reading

“Jack Smith’s Accountability Effort Ends With More Freedom for Trump”

January 15, 2025, 7:11 amDepartment of Justice, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: In a closing argument he never got to make to a jury, Jack Smith, the former special counsel who investigated Donald J. Trump, insisted that his thwarted prosecution was righteous and that his investigators set an example “for others… Continue reading

“Scoop: Trump’s $500 million post-election windfall”

January 15, 2025, 7:02 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Axios: President-elect Trump is being inundated with so much money from corporations and wealthy donors that his team expects to raise about $500 million by summer — even though he can’t run again, sources in his operation tell Axios. Why… Continue reading