Category Archives: election subversion risk

Watch Archived Video of Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar: “From Here to There How States Can and Should Certify the Results of the 2024 Elections”

September 16, 2024, 6:48 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

You can watch this great conversation, featuring Ben Berwick, Head of Election Law & Litigation Team & Counsel (Protect Democracy), Lauren Miller Karalunas, (Brennan Center for Justice), and Michael Morley (Florida State University College of Law) at this link.

Blockbuster NYT Reporting from Jodi Kantor and Adam Liptak Reveals Key Details on Trump v. Anderson, the Trump Immunity Case, and the Fischer Obstruction Case, Showing a Conservative Majority Less Willing to Compromise

September 15, 2024, 9:34 amelection subversion risk, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

This reporting is remarkable, not only for its substance but for the fact that so much inside information has been leaked. (This is the biggest leak since the leak of the draft Dobbs abortion decision, although this of course is… Continue reading

“Republicans Don’t Want to Talk About Jan. 6. Trump Can’t Help Himself.”

September 14, 2024, 11:15 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: When a moderator asked Donald J. Trump about Jan. 6, 2021, at the presidential debate, the former president slipped immediately into a now-familiar revisionist history of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. He falsely claimed that he had nothing… Continue reading

“Georgia’s lieutenant governor won’t be charged in election interference case”

September 14, 2024, 11:08 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

AJC: A state prosecutor on Friday announced he would decline to pursue criminal charges against Lt. Gov. Burt Jones regarding his efforts to aid Donald Trump as the former president sought to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. After spending five… Continue reading

“Harris or Trump? Once Again, Election Results Could Take a While.”

September 13, 2024, 7:16 amelection administration, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: The hosts of election night parties may want to book a room for more than just one night. For the second straight presidential election, it is becoming increasingly likely that there will be no clear and immediate winner on… Continue reading

“Fears mount that election deniers could disrupt vote count in US swing states”

September 13, 2024, 6:38 amelection administration, election subversion risk, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ed Pilkington in The Guardian: Fears are rising that the vote count in November’s presidential election could be disrupted as a result of the proliferation of Donald Trump’s lies about stolen elections and rampant voter fraud in the key swing… Continue reading

“Rich Bernstein: Trump Had 2020 Court Challenges Rejected ‘On the Merits'”

September 12, 2024, 11:13 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

At Society for the Rule of Law: At Tuesday’s debate, Donald Trump stated that his side lost the court cases brought to overturn the 2020 election results solely on the technicality of standing: “They said we didn’t have standing. A… Continue reading

“14 pro-Trump electors linked to efforts to reverse his 2020 loss are back for 2024”

September 12, 2024, 9:57 amelection subversion risk, electoral collegeRick Hasen

NPR reports.

“Sweeping Section Three under the Rug: A Comment on Trump v. Anderson”

September 12, 2024, 8:32 amelection subversion risk, legislation and legislatures, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

William Baude and Michael Stokes Paulsen have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming Harvard Law Review). Here is the abstract: In Trump v. Anderson, the Supreme Court was confronted with the explosive question of whether former President Donald Trump was constitutionally… Continue reading

“Feds increase security for Jan. 6 in effort to prevent Capitol attack repeat”

September 11, 2024, 5:29 pmelection administration, election subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: The federal government will dramatically increase security protections for the joint session of Congress where lawmakers count states’ electoral votes, an escalation of government-wide efforts to prevent a repeat of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol,… Continue reading

At Debate, Trump Backs Away from Earlier Concession He Lost 2020 Election, Denies Responsibility for January 6, 2021 Invasion of Capitol and Attempt to Disrupt the Peaceful Transition of Power

September 11, 2024, 7:01 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

C-SPAN has the relevant video. From ABC News summary: Trump tried to explain his own remarks recently in which he appeared to accept he lost the 2020 election, including his comment last week that he “lost by a whisker.”… Continue reading

“Local Republican official in Michigan promises to certify election results after being sued”

September 10, 2024, 4:51 pmchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

AP: A local Republican election official in Michigan has promised to certify the results of the November presidential election after being sued for stating that he wouldn’t sign off on the results if he disagreed with how the election was… Continue reading

JD Vance Would Not Have Certified the 2020 Presidential Election as VP, Would Have Tried to Subvert Election Outcome

September 10, 2024, 11:15 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Watch the video: Q. Would you have certified the 2020 election? JD Vance: No. “I would have asked the states to submit alternative slates of electors and ask the country to have a debate”Disqualifying pic.twitter.com/U9LOnt4FeY— Republicans against Trump… Continue reading

Sept. 17 Live Event from Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA Hammer Museum: “Democracy and Risks to the 2024 Elections”

September 10, 2024, 11:11 amelection subversion risk, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Very much looking forward to moderating this event (recording will be made available after the event): Sept. 17: Democracy and Risks to the 2024 Elections Tuesday, September 17, 7:30pm PT at the UCLA Hammer Museum, (Recording to Follow)Co-presented with the… Continue reading