All posts by Rick Hasen

Balkinization Symposium on My Book, “A Real Right to Vote,” Opens with Michael Waldman’s Expanding Our Constitutional Imagination

March 6, 2024, 7:27 amReal Right to VoteRick Hasen

I’m very grateful to Jack Balkin for hosting a symposium over the next week or so on my new book, A Real Right to Vote. I’m especially honored by the distinguished contributors: Bruce Cain (Stanford), Wilfred Codrington III (Brooklyn), Alex… Continue reading

My New One at Slate: “The Supreme Court Just Delivered a Rare Self-Own for John Roberts”

March 5, 2024, 3:25 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: The Supreme Court’s unsigned majority opinion in Trump v. Anderson, ending Colorado’s attempt to disqualify Donald Trump from appearing on the ballot as an insurrectionist, is a remarkable self-own. It… Continue reading

“Trump-allied election groups burned through millions with no evidence of widespread fraud”

March 5, 2024, 1:32 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNBC: Several groups founded by allies of former President Donald Trump to combat alleged “voter fraud” now have little money or results to show for their efforts. Trump’s false claims that he lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden… Continue reading

“In Trump Cases, Supreme Court Cannot Avoid Politics”

March 5, 2024, 12:57 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Insightful Adam Liptak analysis at the NYT.

Walter Olson on Improving Nevada Election Administration

March 5, 2024, 12:56 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

New policy paper.

“‘They didn’t do it clearly enough’: SCOTUS ruling prompts worries of another Jan. 6 crisis”

March 5, 2024, 7:38 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico: The Supreme Court said Monday it was avoiding “chaos” by squashing state-level efforts to throw Donald Trump off the ballot. Instead, the high court may have just shifted that chaos to Congress. The decision ignited an intense debate… Continue reading

“Amy Coney Barrett disagreed with the majority over Trump, but admonished the liberals instead”

March 5, 2024, 7:32 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Joan Biskupic for CNN: Justice Amy Coney Barrett packed two very different messages into her one-page opinion on Monday as the Supreme Court declared states could not toss former President Donald Trump off the ballot. She chastised her colleagues on the right… Continue reading

March 12 Commonwealth Club Virtual Event in Conversation with Guy Marzorati on My New Book, “A Real Right to Vote”

March 5, 2024, 7:24 amReal Right to VoteRick Hasen

You can find tickets for this virtual event here. (Note this was originally listed as an in-person event that will now take place online.)

I Spoke to the “Sidebar” Podcast About My New Book, “A Real Right to Vote”

March 5, 2024, 7:21 amReal Right to VoteRick Hasen

You can listen here.

My New One with Dahlia Lithwick in Slate: “It’s Past Time to Quit Hoping the Courts Are Going to Stop Trump”

March 4, 2024, 1:08 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Dahlia Lithwick and I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: The latest decisions out of the Supreme Court, first on when to hear former President Donald Trump’s immunity appeal, then on how to deal with his Colorado ballot… Continue reading

March 14 Free Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar: “Business’s Role in Preventing Democratic Backsliding Webinar”

March 4, 2024, 1:04 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Looking forward to this online event, March 14 from 12 pm-1 pm PT. It is free but registration is required. March 14, 12pm – 1pm Business’s Role in Preventing Democratic Backsliding Webinar Register here Daniella Ballou-Aares (Leadership… Continue reading

“Newly Released Messages Detail Roots of the ‘Fake Electors’ Scheme”

March 4, 2024, 1:01 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: Just five days after Election Day in 2020, a conservative lawyer named Kenneth Chesebro emailed a former judge who was working for the Trump campaign in Wisconsin, James R. Troupis, pitching an idea for how to overturn the results.… Continue reading

“20 years of data shows no link between mailed ballots and illegal voting”

March 4, 2024, 12:56 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Steven Rosenfeld for The Fulcrum: It is an article of faith among those who do not believe Donald Trump lost in 2020 that mailing ballots to voters increases illegal voting — often called voter fraud. “Before the machines were introduced,… Continue reading

I Spoke to Michel Martin of NPR’s “Morning Edition” About the Ruling in the Trump Disqualification Case

March 4, 2024, 11:04 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen