Category Archives: election subversion risk

“Proud Boys leader Joseph Biggs sentenced to 17 years for Jan. 6 crimes”

September 1, 2023, 6:52 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: A former leader of the far-right Proud Boys group was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in prison, just shy of the longest punishment imposed on a participant in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.… Continue reading

“Can the 14th Amendment be used to block Trump from 2024 ballots?”

September 1, 2023, 6:44 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

PBS News Hour reports.

“Trump Could Clinch the Nomination Before the G.O.P. Knows if He’s a Felon”

August 31, 2023, 7:06 amelection subversion risk, political partiesRick Hasen

NYT: By the time Donald J. Trump is sitting at his federal trial on charges of criminally conspiring to overturn the 2020 election, he may have already secured enough delegates to effectively clinch the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nomination. The… Continue reading

“In court, Trump supporter faces election official he violently threatened”

August 30, 2023, 7:11 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: The election officials piled into the front row of a federal courtroom — a show of support for a local public official who has endured more than two years of attacks for his role in helping to certify Donald… Continue reading

“Mark Meadows, former Trump chief of staff, testifies in Georgia”

August 29, 2023, 7:16 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: Mark Meadows, Donald Trump’s final White House chief of staff, testified in a federal courtroom in Georgia on Monday that he helped question the 2020 presidential election results out of a federal interest in “free and fair elections” intended… Continue reading

“Judge Sets Trial Date in March for Trump’s Federal Election Case”

August 28, 2023, 4:39 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: A federal judge on Monday set a trial date of March 4 in the prosecution of former President Donald J. Trump on charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election, rebuffing Mr. Trump’s proposal to push it off until… Continue reading

Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar, September 5, 12pm PT: The Trump Indictments, the 2024 Elections, and Public Peace (with Ben-Ghiat, Ginsberg, Kleinfeld; Free But Registration Required)

August 28, 2023, 7:14 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

I’m very much looking forward to this event kicking off the fall webinar series for UCLA Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project. The event is free but registration is required: September 5, 12pm-1pm – The Trump Indictments, the 2024 Elections, and Public… Continue reading

Republican Presidential Primary Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Says That Pence on January 6 Should Have Pushed Through National Voter ID and End to Early Voting Before Certifying Election for Biden

August 27, 2023, 11:31 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Not how things work: LMAO — Ramaswamy says Mike Pence should've used the opportunity on January 6 to unilaterally implement universal single-day voting and voter ID. Beyond parody. pic.twitter.com/CxHKCff0Oa— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 27, 2023

“Support from fellow GOP candidates over Jan. 6 was ‘heartening,’ Pence says”

August 27, 2023, 9:05 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Politico: Amid the name-calling and tense exchanges on Wednesday’s Republican primary debate stage, former Vice President Mike Pence received a unique wave of support from his GOP opponents. When asked whether Pence had done the right thing in certifying the… Continue reading

Trump’s First Tweet Since Right after the January 6 Invasion of the Capitol Celebrates His Mugshot After Being Arrested for Election Interference in Georgia

August 24, 2023, 6:44 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

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“Republican debate divides on Trump with Christie leading attacks: ‘Have to stop normalizing this conduct'”

August 24, 2023, 7:53 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

The Independent: Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie attacked former president Donald Trump for the multiple legal investigations the latter faces during the first Republican presidential primary debate on Wednesday as other candidates defended the former president. Debate moderators asked… Continue reading

“Trump praises Jan. 6 crowd, repeats election lies in online interview while skipping GOP debate”

August 24, 2023, 7:34 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

AP: In the most inflammatory exchange, Trump seemed to indulge a suggestion from Carlson that Trump’s political opponents might try to end his life. “They’re savage animals. They are people that are sick. Really sick. You have great people in… Continue reading

Announcing the Fall Webinar Series for UCLA Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project (Each event free but registration required)

August 23, 2023, 8:24 amelection subversion risk, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Very excited to announce this lineup for the Safeguarding Democracy Project’s Fall 2023 webinar series (each event free but registration required): September 5, 12pm-1pm – The Trump Indictments, the 2024 Elections, and Public Peace Webinar Ruth Ben-Ghiat (NYU) Benjamin … Continue reading

“Where the 2024 candidates stand on elections, democracy and Jan. 6”

August 23, 2023, 8:17 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: As former president Donald Trump seeks a return to the White House, he is promoting false claims about the 2020 election, championing violent offenders who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and refusing to commit to abiding by… Continue reading