Category Archives: election subversion risk

“Stephen Richer creates PAC to back ‘pro-democracy’ Republicans”

November 18, 2021, 11:50 amelection administration, election subversion riskTabatha Abu El-Haj

Jeremy Duda, Arizona Mirror Maricopa County Recorder, Stephen Richer is stepping into the fray. Richer has been vocal in defending the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election. His decision is likely to be controversial. Elected election officials generally eschew taking… Continue reading

CNN: Christian Adams Boxed Democratic Members of US Civil Rights Commission into Choosing Trump Election Subversion Supporter Cleta Mitchell for Spot on Election Assistance Commission Advisory Board

November 18, 2021, 7:56 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

CNN: A conservative lawyer who helped Donald Trump try to overturn the 2020 election was named to a federal election advisory board this month, a move that illustrates how the former President still casts a long shadow over the… Continue reading

“The Desperate Scramble to Stop an Insider Election Threat”

November 15, 2021, 7:15 amelection administration, election subversion risk, political parties, political polarizationTabatha Abu El-Haj

The Atlantic Judge of elections and inspector of elections are elected positions in Pennsylvania. The question of the day is how many Trump loyalists were elected to those positions in the recent election. The fear is that Trump loyalists, primed… Continue reading

“Memo from Trump attorney outlined how Pence could overturn election, says new book” (It’s Jenna Ellis, Not Eastman, in This One)

November 14, 2021, 1:40 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

ABC News: In a memo not made public until now, then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows emailed to Vice President Mike Pence’s top aide, on New Year’s Eve, a detailed plan for undoing President Joe Biden’s election… Continue reading

“‘Terrifying for American democracy’: is Trump planning for a 2024 coup?”

November 14, 2021, 1:31 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Ed Pilkington deep dive for The Guardian.

“Bannon Indicted on Contempt Charges Over House’s Capitol Riot Inquiry”

November 12, 2021, 3:34 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Stephen K. Bannon, a onetime aide to former President Donald J. Trump, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Friday on two counts of contempt of Congress, the Justice Department said.Mr. Bannon, 67, had refused last month to… Continue reading

“No, Constitutional Scholars Are Not ’50/50′ in Agreement With Donald Trump About Jan. 6”

November 12, 2021, 2:06 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Matt Seligman for Slate: This is, frankly, nuts. Eastman’s idea is that because a violent mob stormed the Capitol, physically preventing Congress from sticking to the law’s two-hour time limit in the most brutally literal way, Pence could ignore… Continue reading

“Menace, as a Political Tool, Enters the Republican Mainstream”

November 12, 2021, 12:31 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: At a conservative rally in western Idaho last month, a young man stepped up to a microphone to ask when he could start killing Democrats.“When do we get to use the guns?” he said as the audience… Continue reading

Trump, in Audio Interview, Defends His Supporters’ Chants of “Hang Mike Pence” By Pointing to His Warped View of Independent State Legislature Doctrine

November 12, 2021, 7:05 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Axios with audio from upcoming Jon Karl book: Jonathan Karl: “Were you worried about him during that siege? Were you worried about his safety?” Trump: “No, I thought he was well-protected, and I had heard that he was in… Continue reading

“The Bolsonaro-Trump Connection Threatening Brazil’s Elections”

November 11, 2021, 1:43 pmelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: The conference hall was packed, with a crowd of more than 1,000 cheering attacks on the press, the liberals and the politically correct. There was Donald Trump Jr. warning that the Chinese could meddle in the election, a Tennessee… Continue reading

“Endorsements from Republican politicians can increase confidence in U.S. elections”

November 10, 2021, 5:35 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Katherine Clayton and Robb Willer have posted this draft on SSRN. Abstract: Since the 2020 U.S. presidential election, perceptions of the validity of the outcome and broader trust in the American electoral process have reached historically low levels among Republicans.… Continue reading

“Excessive Judicialization, Extralegal Interventions, and Violent Insurrection: A Snapshot of Our 59th Presidential Election

November 10, 2021, 4:39 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

New Jerry Goldfeder article in the Fordham Law Review.

“Ron Johnson calls for having Republican lawmakers take over federal elections in Wisconsin”

November 10, 2021, 2:35 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is calling on Wisconsin lawmakers to take over elections and tell local officials to ignore the work of the bipartisan Elections Commission they set up six years ago. The Oshkosh Republican on Wednesday… Continue reading

“Opinion: We must protect our elections now. National security is at stake.”

November 10, 2021, 9:57 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

James Clapper and Michael Hayden WaPo oped: By now, it is well documented that in 2020 a sitting president and his allies tried to overturn the results of an election, triggering the worst political violence this country has seen… Continue reading