A Big Thank You to Spencer Overton….
who had a lot to cover during his two weeks as primary ELB blogger. I so appreciate Spencer’s excellent work!
All posts by Rick Hasen
I Spoke with MSNBC’s Jen Psaki About How Worried People Should Be About DOJ Observers to CA and NJ Elections and Steve Bannon’s Threats of a 3rd Trump Term
You can watch here:
I Spoke to Renato Mariotti and Asha Rangappa for the “It’s Complicated” Podcast on the Supreme Court’s Potential to Gut the Voting Rights Act in the Callais Case
You can find it here on Youtube:
ELB Podcast 7:2: Leah Litman: (When) Is the Supreme Court “Lawless?”
Season 7, Episode 2 of the ELB Podcast:
How has the Supreme Court moved to the right in areas including voting rights and campaign finance?
What is happening with “shadow docket” rulings of the Supreme Court, and what does that… Continue reading
Watch Video of My Conversation with Jen Rubin: “A Potential Rights Sunset on the Horizon: Rick Hasen on Louisiana’s Redistricting Supreme Court Case”
Here, at the Contrarian.
Register for April 30 Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar: “Media, Social Media, and the Changing Election Information Environment in 2026” (with Citron, Nyhan, and Wilentz)
Thursday, October 30
Media, Social Media, and the Changing Election Information Environment in 2026 (webinar)
12:15pm-1:15pm PTRegister here.Co-sponsored by the Institute for Technology, Law & Policy, UCLA LawDanielle Citron, UVA Law School, Brendan Nyhan, Dartmouth College, and Amy Wilentz,… Continue reading
Adding New Meaning to the Expression “Flooding the Zone with Shit,””Trump Posts Fake Video of Himself Flying a ‘King Trump’ Jet Over Protesters”
NYT:
President Trump has posted a fake video on social media that showed him wearing a crown and flying a jet labeled “King Trump” that dumps brown liquid on protesters.
The short video, shared on Mr. Trump’s Truth Social account… Continue reading
“Trump says he has commuted sentence of former US Rep. George Santos in federal fraud case”
AP:
President Donald Trump said Friday he had commuted the sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who is serving more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft charges.
The New York… Continue reading
Supreme Court Will Hear Oral Argument in Major Campaign Finance Case, NRSC, December 9
December argument calendar is out.
Watch Archived Video of Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar: “Redistricting and Re-Redistricting Controversies and the 2026 Elections”
You can watch the conversation with Guy Charles, Moon Duchin, Michael Li, and Nick Stephanopoulos (moderated by me) here:
I Spoke with Madeline Brand of KCRW’s Press Play About the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Case and California’s Proposition 50
You can listen here (it’s the first story in the episode).
Watch My Hammer Museum Interview with Professor Leah Litman About Her New Supreme Court Book, “Lawless”
You can watch here.
Janai Nelson (Who Argued Callais) and I Were on MSNBC Talking About the Supreme Court and the Voting Rights Act (Link to Video)
Read the Transcript in Today’s Oral Argument in the Louisiana v. Callais Voting Rights Case Before the Supreme Court
You can find it here.