All posts by Rick Hasen
“Investors Favor Political Disclosures for Companies, Poll Finds”
Bloomberg:
Voters who are invested in the stock market want more transparency of corporate political spending, according to a new poll released as races heat up for the White House and down-ballot offices.
In the survey, from the Zicklin… Continue reading
Rich Bernstein: “Protecting Elections Under U.S. v. Trump”
New at Society for the Rule of Law.
“If Dire Warnings Won’t Stop Trump, Democrats Figure Mockery Might”
Jonathan Weisman in the NYT:
If Democrats can’t make the nation fear Donald Trump, they have decided that perhaps they can persuade voters to laugh at him instead.
For more than four years, under the leadership of President Biden, the… Continue reading
Voting Groups File Brief in Ninth Circuit in AZ Documentary Proof of Citizenship for Registration Case (as Emergency Motion is Pending in SCOTUS in Case as Well)
The brief addresses Congress’s power to regulate presidential, and not just congressional, elections.
“RFK’s running mate suggests they can’t win in November”
Politico:
Nicole Shanahan, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate who has invested millions of dollars of her fortune into the independent bid, said she recognized that their long-shot ticket was unlikely to win the White House this November.
On a… Continue reading
ELB Book Corner: Diana Dwyre and Robin Kolodny: “Things Stay the Same”
I am pleased to welcome Diana Dwyre and Robin Kolodny to the ELB Book Corner, authors of the new book, The Fundamentals of Campaign Finance: Why We Have the System We Have (University of Michigan Press). The 30% discount code… Continue reading
“Top court rules NY’s early mail-in voting law is constitutional”
Times-Union:
New York’s highest court upheld a law Tuesday that allows ballots to be mailed in during the early voting period ahead of an election, soundly rejecting arguments from Republicans that the statute violates the state constitution.
The ruling means… Continue reading
“Harris and Trump Shield Their Big Campaign Fund-Raisers From the Public”
NYT:
Vice President Kamala Harris’s top campaign fund-raisers are being treated to four days of glitz and glam during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago — hotel packages at the Ritz-Carlton and the Four Seasons, an on-field visit to Wrigley… Continue reading
My Forthcoming Yale Law Journal Feature: “The Stagnation, Retrogression, and Potential Pro-Voter Transformation of U.S. Election Law”
I have written this draft, forthcoming this spring in Volume 134 of the Yale Law Journal. I consider it my most important law review article (or at least the most important that I’ve written in some time). It offers… Continue reading
ELB Book Corner: Diana Dwyre and Robin Kolodny: “The Triumph of Free Speech”
I am pleased to welcome Diana Dwyre and Robin Kolodny to the ELB Book Corner, authors of the new book, The Fundamentals of Campaign Finance: Why We Have the System We Have (University of Michigan Press). The 30% discount code… Continue reading
“Record number of open primary initiatives on the ballot”
Pluribus:
Voters in as many as half a dozen states will decide this year whether to open primary elections to independent and crossover voters in what supporters say is the broadest-ever assault on the traditional partisan primary process.
Ballot initiatives… Continue reading
“Trump’s AI fakes of Harris and Swift aren’t meant to fool you; These aren’t credible deepfakes. They’re provocative memes.”
Top Recent Downloads in Election Law on SSRN
Here:
RankPaperDownloads1.Give Parents the VoteJoshua Kleinfeld and Stephen E. SachsNorthwestern University – Pritzker School of Law and Harvard Law SchoolDate Posted: 22 Jul 2024Last Revised: 25 Jul 20241,4102.Election Law for the New ElectorateNicholas Stephanopoulos… Continue reading