Category Archives: ELB Podcast

ELB Podcast, Season 2, Episode 2: Bob Bauer: Unpacking the Trump Campaign Finance Allegations, From Michael Cohen to Trump Tower

August 23, 2018, 9:58 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicanery, ELB PodcastRick Hasen

Does Michael Cohen’s guilty plea to campaign finance violations implicate the President in criminal campaign finance activity? What about the defenses that the President has raised to these charges? Did Trump or the Trump campaign violate the prohibition on soliciting… Continue reading

ELB Podcast, Season 2: Episode 1. Dale Ho: From the Trenches of the Voting Wars

August 2, 2018, 8:48 pmELB Podcast, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

After a long hiatus, the ELB Podcast is back in time for the midterm election season with a great first guest! What is the state of voting rights in America? What did the ACLU’s lawsuit against Kris Kobach over the… Continue reading

ELB Podcast Episode 19. Tom Mann and Norm Ornstein: Trumpism, and America, After Trump

October 23, 2017, 8:05 amELB Podcast, political parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

What is the connection between Republican Party extremism before Trump and the rise of Trump? What kinds of economic and political reforms can best preserve American democracy? What will life after Trump, and Trumpism, look like in the United States?… Continue reading

ELB Podcast Episode 16. Bob Bauer: The Danger of Trump’s “Election Integrity” Commission

May 24, 2017, 9:26 pmELB PodcastRick Hasen

Will earlier work to improve the voters’ experience at the polls be abandoned thanks to unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud? Is the “Election Integrity” commission established by President Trump going to undermine efforts to improve voting rights? Is there a… Continue reading

ELB Podcast Episode 15. Ned Foley: Ballot Battles, Past, Present, and Future

October 26, 2016, 5:12 pmELB Podcast, election administrationRick Hasen

Is this year’s concern about “election rigging” and violence at the polls unprecedented? Where do Donald Trump’s claims fit within disputes over American elections? Have we as a country gotten better since Bush v. Gore at resolving our election disputes?… Continue reading

ELB Podcast Episode 14. Erwin Chemerinsky: Did Justice Ginsburg Cross the Line?

July 18, 2016, 4:51 pmconflict of interest laws, ELB Podcast, ethics investigations, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Did Justice Ginsburg go too far in her comments against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump? Should comments like Justice Ginsburg’s be protected by the First Amendment, and would they be grounds for recusal in a future Clinton v. Trump case?… Continue reading

ELB Podcast Episode 13. Thomas Hicks and Matthew Masterson: Surviving Elections 2016

July 10, 2016, 8:03 pmELB Podcast, election administration, Election Assistance Commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Is the American election system ready to handle 2016? Has the country done what it can to prevent long lines and election breakdowns? Can the U.S. Election Assistance Commission help Democrats and Republicans to move beyond the Voting Wars? On… Continue reading

ELB Podcast Episode 12. Tom Mann and Norm Ornstein: From Political Dysfunction to Trumpism?

May 10, 2016, 9:27 pmELB Podcast, political polarizationRick Hasen

Has the country moved from a period of deep political dysfunction to something bordering on authoritarianism, with the rise of Donald Trump? Does the rise of Bernie Sanders on the left mean Democrats are moving to the extremes like Republicans?… Continue reading

ELB Podcast Episode 10. Janai Nelson: Minority Voting Rights in 2016

March 9, 2016, 8:51 pmELB Podcast, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

What has happened to African-American voting rights after the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder? Can the Voting Rights Act still protect minority voting rights in states such as Alabama and Texas? What are the prospects that… Continue reading

ELB Podcast Episode 9. Ben Ginsberg: The Republican Nomination Battle for President

January 10, 2016, 5:00 pmcampaigns, ELB Podcast, political parties, primariesRick Hasen

Will the Republican presidential nomination fight go beyond the primaries to a contested convention? Are the rules Republicans passed to assign delegates going to lead to chaos? What’s different about this election cycle, and are Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders… Continue reading

ELB Podcast Episode 7. Ellen Weintraub: The Future of Money in Politics, and of the FEC

December 4, 2015, 7:40 amcampaign finance, ELB Podcast, federal election commission, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

What is the state of campaign financing in the U.S.? How have things changed in the Citizens United era? Is the Federal Election Commission dysfunctional, and if so do personalities or ideology explain the spate of high profile Commission deadlocks?… Continue reading

ELB Podcast Episode 6. Nate Persily: Can the Supreme Court Handle Social Science In Election Cases?

November 9, 2015, 7:42 amELB Podcast, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Can the Supreme Court handle social science evidence in election law cases? Will lack of good data determine the outcome of the Supreme Court’s upcoming one person, one vote decision in Evenwel v. Abbott? What role will and should evidence… Continue reading

ELB Podcasts

September 30, 2015, 2:57 pmELB PodcastRick Hasen

I’ve just added a link to the ELB Podcasts on the ELB sidebar. Here’s the information that is there so far. ELB Podcasts Subscribe at iTunes Listen at SoundCloud Episodes # 1 Ari Berman # 2 Floyd Abrams # 3 … Continue reading

ELB Podcast, Episode 5. Nina Perales: Latino Voting Rights Struggles in Texas and Beyond

September 16, 2015, 7:17 amELB Podcast, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

[bumping to the top] What is the state of Latino voting rights in the state of Texas and beyond? What’s happening with the never-ending redistricting litigation in San Antonio, raising questions about whether Texas discriminated against Latino voters and others?… Continue reading

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