All posts by Rick Hasen
Derek Muller Blogging Week of December 11; Spencer Overton Blogging Weeks of Dec. 18 & 25
Please direct your tips and questions to Derek during the week of December 11 and Spencer during the weeks of December 18 and 25.
I’m going to be offline until the end of the year, and then back with a… Continue reading
“Prosecutors Intend to Show Long Pattern of Threats and Baseless Claims by Trump”
NYT:
When former President Donald J. Trump goes on trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, federal prosecutors intend to tell a sweeping story, informing the jury about everything from his support for the far-right Proud Boys… Continue reading
Janai Nelson: “Victims and advocates deserve a right to fight through the Voting Rights Act”
It’s a shame Janai had to even write this oped, but that’s where some courts are today:
hutting voters out of the process of vindicating their rights has incalculable implications that could quickly compound. Over the last year alone,… Continue reading
“Voting experts warn of ‘serious threats’ for 2024 from election equipment software breaches”
AP:
An effort to access voting system software in several states and provide it to allies of former President Donald Trump as they sought to overturn the results of the 2020 election has raised “serious threats” ahead of next year’s… Continue reading
New Amicus Brief Filed in Supreme Court in NetChoice Social Media Cases (on Behalf of Brendan Nyhan, Amy Wilentz, and Me) on How Texas and Florida’s Social Media Laws Raise the Risk of Election Subversion
Here’s the introduction and summary of argument from this just-filed amicus brief in the NetChoice cases on behalf of political scientist Brendan Nyhan, journalism professor Amy Wilentz, and me, written by me and Nat Bach (a former UCLA… Continue reading
“Special counsel alleges Trump ‘sent’ supporters on path to Jan. 6 violence”
WaPo:
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday accused former president Donald Trump of a long pattern of lying about elections and encouraging violence, saying he “sent” supporters on Jan. 6, 2021 to criminally block the election results.
In a new court filing… Continue reading
Top Recent Downloads in Election Law on SSRN
Here:
RankPaperDownloads1.Moore and Partisan GerrymanderingManoj MateDePaul University – College of LawDate Posted: 27 Oct 2023Last Revised: 27 Oct 20231122.Abuse of Discretion: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Indefensible Use of Evidence in Election Law CasesRichard L. … Continue reading
Greg Sargent: “Enough with all the fatalism about a Trump dictatorship”
WaPo column:
“Authoritarians create a climate where they seem unstoppable,” Ben-Ghiat told me. “Creating an aura of destiny around the leader galvanizes his supporters by making his movement seem much stronger than it actually is. The manipulation of perception is… Continue reading
New Poll of Former Members of Congress Reveals Concern for Democracy, Pervasiveness of Threats
New from FMC & UMass:
in 2023, FMC partnered with the University of Massachusetts Amherst UMass Poll to conduct a survey on the perspectives, beliefs, and experiences of Former Members of Congress. Nearly 300 Former Members responded to the survey,… Continue reading
Dec 12 CAP Event: “Is Alaska the Secret to Saving American Democracy?”
This looks interesting:
American democracy is in crisis. The country has become deeply divided along partisan lines, causing Americans to turn against each other. Compromise has become scarce, while threats of political violence have risen.
But there’s hope in an… Continue reading
“Defending his 2020 fraud claims, Trump turns to fringe Jan. 6 theories”
WaPo:
Ever since he was indicted on charges of interfering in the 2020 election results, Donald Trump has relished the chance to use the case in Washington as a venue to air his baseless claims of fraud. Now he is… Continue reading
“R.F.K. Jr. Allies Say They’ll Spend Over $10 Million on Ballot Access”
NYT:
A super PAC backing the independent presidential candidacy of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to spend $10 million to $15 million to get Mr. Kennedy on the ballot in 10 states, a substantial effort that, even if partly… Continue reading
“Eligible voters are being swept up in conservative activists’ efforts to purge voter rolls”
CBS News:
Voters eligible to cast ballots are already being swept up in a grassroots effort to purge the nation’s registration rolls ahead of the 2024 presidential election, a CBS News investigation has found.
Fueled by doubts about the… Continue reading