Category Archives: Election Meltdown

“Eastman provides new details of Trump’s direct role in legal effort to overturn election”

May 20, 2022, 5:19 amElection Meltdown, election subversion riskJan. 6 investigationsTabatha Abu El-Haj

From Politico: Attorney John Eastman once again seeks to shield emails and other communication with former President Trump and allies from the select committee. The new filing reveals routine communication “with Trump either directly or via ‘six conduits’ during the… Continue reading

New Fox Poll Shows Kemp with Comfortable Lead in Polls

May 19, 2022, 5:20 amchicanery, Election Meltdown, election subversion riskTabatha Abu El-Haj

A new Fox News poll shows Republican primary voters supporting Brian Kemp by wide-margins. This strikes me as going to the point that it is easier to distrust “other” people’s election systems than one’s own. Even in a swing state,… Continue reading

Book Review: “Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show”

November 29, 2021, 4:54 amchicanery, Election Meltdown, election subversion riskTabatha Abu El-Haj

The Washington Post reviews ABC newsman, Jonathan Karl’s Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show. “Karl’s sobering, solid, account of Trump’s last year in office sheds new light on how the man who lost the presidency nearly succeeded in… Continue reading

Must-Read Jane Mayer on Bradley Foundation Funding Behind Efforts to Undermine Election Integrity and Steal the 2020 Election for Trump: “The Big Money Behind the Big Lie”

August 2, 2021, 7:32 amElection Meltdown, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

No one connects the dots like Jane. What a story. I’ll have more to say soon about the connection between the false claim that the election was stolen and reliance on the “Independent State Legislature” doctrine as briefly described by… Continue reading

My New One in the NY Times on the New Danger of Election Subversion

April 23, 2021, 6:23 amElection Meltdown, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I have written this NY Times oped. It begins: A new, more dangerous front has opened in the voting wars, and it’s going to be much harder to counteract than the now-familiar fight over voting rules. At stake is… Continue reading

Must-Read Nate Cohn: “Georgia’s New Law, and the Risk of Election Subversion”

April 6, 2021, 7:56 amcheap speech, Election MeltdownRick Hasen

NYT Upshot column: What would have happened if the Georgia secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, had responded, “OK, I’ll try,” in a January phone call after President Trump asked him to “find” 11,000 votes?No one can be sure. What is… Continue reading

“Is Democracy in Danger?” Jim Zirin Interviews Sam Issacharoff

February 18, 2021, 8:35 amElection MeltdownRick Hasen

You can watch the video here.

“No Evidence for Voter Fraud: A Guide To Statistical Claims About the 2020 Election”

February 3, 2021, 1:50 pmElection Meltdown, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Andrew C. Eggers, Haritz Garro, and Justin Grimmer have posted this draft on Dropbox. Here is the abstract: After the 2020 US presidential election Donald Trump refused to concede, alleging widespread and unparalleled voter fraud. Trump’s supporters deployed several statistical… Continue reading

“The Illiberalization of American Election Law: A Study in Democratic Deconsolidation”

January 29, 2021, 11:45 amElection Meltdown, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Very much looking forward to reading this from Jim Gardner: For many years, the dominant view among American election law scholars has been that the Supreme Court’s constitutional jurisprudence of democratic practice got off to a promising start during the… Continue reading

“Extremists Emboldened by Capitol Attack Pose Rising Threat, Homeland Security Says”

January 28, 2021, 8:55 amchicanery, Election MeltdownRick Hasen

NYT: Warning that the deadly rampage of the Capitol this month may not be an isolated episode, the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday said publicly for the first time that the United States faced a growing threat from “violent… Continue reading

TPM Offers Great Narrative Description of Trump and His Allies’ Months-Long Lies About Voter Fraud in An Attempt to Steal the 2020 Election

January 27, 2021, 9:10 amchicanery, Election Meltdown, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

This from Tierney Sneed and Matt Shuham is a must-read.

“Watchdog Probes Whether Justice Department Officials Tried to Alter 2020 Election Results”

January 25, 2021, 12:38 pmchicanery, Department of Justice, Election MeltdownRick Hasen

WSJ: The Justice Department’s inspector general said Monday his office will investigate whether department officials “engaged in an improper attempt” to overturn President Biden’s victory in the 2020 election.The announcement comes after news reports that former President Donald Trump considered… Continue reading

“Pennsylvania Lawmaker Played Key Role in Trump’s Plot to Oust Acting Attorney General”

January 25, 2021, 8:23 amchicanery, Election Meltdown, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: When Representative Scott Perry joined his colleagues in a monthslong campaign to undermine the results of the presidential election, promoting “Stop the Steal” events and supporting an attempt to overturn millions of legally cast votes, he often took a… Continue reading

“Referring Former President Trump’s Suspension From Facebook to the Oversight Board”

January 21, 2021, 9:23 amcheap speech, Election MeltdownRick Hasen

Big news: Today, Facebook is referring its decision to indefinitely suspend former US President Donald Trump’s access to his Facebook and Instagram accounts to the independent Oversight Board. The board was established last year to make the final call… Continue reading

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