All posts by Rick Hasen
“Third parties will affect the 2024 campaigns, but election laws written by Democrats and Republicans will prevent them from winning”
Barry Burden for The Conversation.
I Spoke to Jessica Levinson’s “Passing Judgment” Podcast About My New Book, “A Real Right to Vote”
We also talked a bit about the Trump trials and my Cheap Speech book. It was a great conversation with my former star student. Listen.
“The Roadmap for Fair Reports in 2030: A Summary of the 2023 National Citizen Redistricting Commissioners Conference”
“How a post falsely claiming migrants are registering to vote spread to millions in four weeks”
NBC News:
The rumor started as a post on X.
The post published in early April misrepresented federal data from the Social Security Administration to falsely suggest that hundreds of thousands of migrants may have registered to vote in Pennsylvania,… Continue reading
“Trump, Repeating 2020 Election Lies, Will Not Commit to Accepting 2024 Results”
NYT:
Former President Donald J. Trump told The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Wednesday that he would not commit to accepting the results of the 2024 election, as he again repeated his lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him.… Continue reading
“Opinion: The many campaign finance violations divulged in Trump’s hush-money criminal trial”
Ciara Torres Spelliscy at Law and Crime.
May 3 Conference: “The Future of Press Freedom: Democracy, Law, and the News in Changing Times”
I’m looking forward to attending and speaking at this Knight First Amendment Institute conference on Friday (live and online).
I’ll be presenting my paper, From Bloggers in Pajamas to The Gateway Pundit: How Government Entities Do and Should Identify … Continue reading
“Trump Again Vows Mass Deportations and Won’t Rule Out Political Violence”
NYT:
Former President Donald J. Trump told Time magazine in an interview published Tuesday morning that if elected in November, he would deploy the U.S. military to detain and deport migrants and permit states to decide whether to prosecute those… Continue reading
FEC Commissioner Trey Trainor Has a Ted Cruz Campaign Sign on His Front Lawn at His Texas Home
This, as the FEC reviews a complaint against Cruz.
“Inside the far-right plan to use civil rights law to disrupt the 2024 election”
LAT:
At a diner just off the freeway north of Sacramento, a mostly white crowd listened intently as it learned how to “save America” by leaning on the same laws that enshrined the rights of Black voters 60 years ago.… Continue reading
“Will hackers, trolls and AI deepfakes upset the 2024 election?”
“Trump: ‘Marco has this residency problem.'”
Marc Caputo for The Bulwark:
COULD IT WORK? Probably. Rubio would have to establish residency or “inhabitance” out of state if he wants a shot on Trump’s ticket. He’s willing to do that, according to those familiar with his thinking,… Continue reading
“A Mysterious Flier, a Tiny Charity and a Disinformation Campaign at the Border”
NYT:
The two men rang the bell at the Resource Center Matamoros, a migrant aid group in the Mexican border city, and, speaking in broken Spanish, said they were looking for volunteer work.
Security footage shared with The New York… Continue reading