All posts by Rick Hasen

Texas AG Ken Paxton Successfully Targeted Elected Judges Who Held He Did Not Have Authority to Prosecute Election Fraud

March 7, 2024, 8:12 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Houston Chronicle: The Court of Criminal Appeals upsets are much more clearly attributable to Paxton and his political allies, Jones said. At a campaign event for Marc LaHood in San Antonio in January, Paxton asked for a show of hands… Continue reading

What Does It Mean When Katie Porter Called the Primary “Rigged”?

March 7, 2024, 7:59 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Katie Porter, who did not make it into the top-two primary for the CA Senate race after coming in behind Adam Schiff and Steve Garvey put out a message saying “Because of you, we had the establishment running scared —… Continue reading

“Arizona investigators issue grand jury subpoenas as state’s 2020 Trump election probe accelerates”

March 7, 2024, 6:57 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Politico: Arizona prosecutors in recent weeks issued grand jury subpoenas to multiple people linked to Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign, a sharp acceleration of their criminal investigation into efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the state. The new steps, first… Continue reading

“Give us (a lasting consensus on really protecting) the Right to Vote!”

March 7, 2024, 6:54 amReal Right to VoteRick Hasen

Emily Rong Zhang in the Balkinization symposium on A Real Right to Vote: I am reminded of the following aphorism as I read Rick’s new book: “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” If we can emerge from the… Continue reading

“Third-party group No Labels is expected to move forward with a 2024 campaign, AP sources say”

March 7, 2024, 6:53 amballot access, third partiesRick Hasen

AP: The third-party presidential movement No Labels is planning to move toward fielding a presidential candidate in the November election, even as high-profile contenders for the ticket have decided not to run, two people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.… Continue reading

“Justice Clarence Thomas was the deciding vote in a case he never should have heard”

March 6, 2024, 1:15 pmconflict of interest laws, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Kimberly Atkins Stohr Boston Globe column: Even before the Supreme Court practically nullified the 14th Amendment’s clause banning insurrectionists and their supporters from seeking federal office, another decision all but ensured that outcome. And it was made by a… Continue reading

“Missoula Republicans use Joseph Stalin quote to recruit election judges”

March 6, 2024, 1:01 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NBC Montana: Missoula County Republican Central Committee quoted Joseph Stalin in a section of their website recruiting election judges. Number four of their eight-step guide reads, “If you found the results of the 2020 elections dubious, you’re not alone. We… Continue reading

“Mark Harris is GOP’s 8th District nominee six years after election fraud prompted do-over”

March 6, 2024, 12:58 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Charlotte Observer: Mark Harris on Tuesday won the Republican nomination in North Carolina’s 8th Congressional District six years after a ballot-harvesting scandal resulted in an election do-over…. Political operative McCrae Dowless, who worked for Harris in his campaign for NC’s… Continue reading

I Spoke to Jon Weiner for The Nation’s Podcast on My New Book, “A Real Right to Vote”

March 6, 2024, 12:26 pmReal Right to VoteRick Hasen

You can listen here. It was a great conversation.

“Mitch McConnell Endorses Trump, Whom He Once Denounced”

March 6, 2024, 11:12 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Three years after delivering a scorching denouncement of Donald J. Trump after the Jan. 6 riot, Senator Mitch McConnell endorsed him for president on Wednesday, illustrating Mr. Trump’s power to bend the Republican Party to his will as he… Continue reading

LOL

March 6, 2024, 10:51 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Supreme Court will hear Trump immunity appeal on the last day of the argument term, April 25. Earlier: It’s Past Time to Quit Hoping the Courts Are Going to Stop Trump.

“This Could Well Be Game Over”

March 6, 2024, 7:38 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Tom Edsall NYT column: While the Supreme Court ruling on Monday that states cannot bar Donald Trump from appearing on their presidential ballots garnered a lot of attention, the more politically consequential decision came on Feb. 28, when the court … Continue reading

“Feds accuse Sen. Bob Menendez and wife of lying about bribe money, Mercedes-Benz in new indictment”

March 6, 2024, 7:34 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico reports.

“Thurgood Marshall Institute Releases Brief Examining State Control of Black Political Power in Local Communities”

March 6, 2024, 7:31 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

LDF Release: Last week, the Legal Defense Fund’s (LDF) Thurgood Marshall Institute released a new research brief, When the State Takes Over: How State Officials Usurping Local Control Threatens Local Black Political Power, authored by Senior Researcher Dr. Sandhya… Continue reading

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