Category Archives: election subversion risk

“First Jan. 6 defendant pleads guilty to seditious conspiracy in Capitol attack”

March 3, 2022, 6:47 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: A member of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group has become the first to admit to engaging in seditious conspiracy on Jan. 6, 2021, to keep President Biden from taking office.Joshua James, 34, of Arab, Ala., pleaded guilty in… Continue reading

“Jan. 6 committee expected to release new details about effort to pressure Pence to reject electors, overturn election results”

March 2, 2022, 3:00 pmchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol is expected to submit a court filing Wednesday laying out new details about the effort by conservative lawyer John Eastman to persuade Vice President Pence… Continue reading

“‘Multiple’ Jan. 6 calls between Trump and lawyer on Texas election lawsuit, panel reveals”

March 1, 2022, 2:31 pmchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Politico: Congressional investigators say former President Donald Trump had “multiple phone calls” on Jan. 6, 2021 with an attorney who represented Texas in its lawsuit to overturn the election.The revelation that Trump had spoken repeatedly with Kurt Olsen amid… Continue reading

“John Eastman, Trump’s lawyer on overturning election, under investigation by California Bar”

March 1, 2022, 2:12 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

LAT: Orange County attorney John Eastman is at the center of an ethics investigation into whether he violated laws while advising President Trump on how he could overturn his election defeat in 2020, the State Bar of California said… Continue reading

“Democracy May Depend on a New Partisan Battleground: Races for State Secretary of State”

February 28, 2022, 12:53 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

David Montgomery deep dive for WaPo Magazine.

“Why Are Republicans Suddenly Interested in Reforming an Election-Related Law?”

February 25, 2022, 12:17 pmelection subversion risk, electoral collegeRick Hasen

Sue Halpern for the New Yorker: In a Times opinion piece published last week, arguing that E.C.A. reform is necessary to insure the peaceful transfer of power, Susan Collins noted that a bipartisan group of legislators is currently working… Continue reading

“Georgia election official on Trump’s enemies list takes his case to MAGA media”

February 24, 2022, 10:40 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Zach Montellaro for Politico: Georgia’s chief elections officer has stacked up appearances on conservative radio and other media in recent months — taking lumps over his break with Donald Trump in an effort to rebuild his standing in the… Continue reading

“Pushing falsehoods about Biden’s election is a plus for Republicans vying to be Texas’ top lawyer”

February 24, 2022, 6:59 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Texas Tribune: Baseless claims of widespread voter fraud and rallying cries for “election integrity” have become recurring themes in the Republican primary for Texas attorney general — a job from which the state’s current top lawyer has sought to… Continue reading

Must-Read Politico: “Dems fear for democracy. Their big donors aren’t funding one of its main election groups.”

February 22, 2022, 6:51 amelection subversion risk, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Politico: Democratic secretaries of state say they’re at the vanguard of protecting democracy, pushing back against election disinformation and attempts to suppress the vote.But while the party’s base has largely rallied behind them, its biggest donors have not.During the… Continue reading

Major NYT Magazine Story on Justice Thomas and His Wife Ginni Thomas Highlights Ginni Thomas’s Active Role in January 6-Related Activities

February 22, 2022, 6:49 amchicanery, election subversion risk, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

NYT: The call to action was titled “Election Results and Legal Battles: What Now?” Shared in the days after the 2020 presidential election, it urged the members of an influential if secretive right-wing group to contact legislators in three… Continue reading

Harvard Law Review Note Questions Value of American Democracy, Embraces “Textual Fidelity”

February 19, 2022, 3:56 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Oh man: Oh man https://t.co/QpcBPyVlwC pic.twitter.com/gN8MGj1E8F— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) February 19, 2022 More: This part in particular made me wonder pic.twitter.com/O8dU0CuCJN— Dan Epps (@danepps) February 19, 2022

George P. Bush, Running as Texas AG, Says He Agrees with the “Intent” Behind Ken Paxton’s Bonkers Texas Lawsuit to Try to Overturn the 2020 Election

February 18, 2022, 9:44 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

There is no bottom: "Do I disagree with the intent [of Paxton's suit to overturn the 2020 election results]?" Bush added. "No I don't…" https://t.co/6Mynyt5A37— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) February 18, 2022

Trump Pressures Wyoming Legislators to Change Primary Law to Prevent Democratic Crossover Voting for Liz Cheney in Primary

February 18, 2022, 7:24 amelection subversion risk, political parties, primariesRick Hasen

Politico: Former President Donald Trump and his allies have been privately lobbying Wyoming lawmakers to change the state’s election laws as part of an effort to unseat Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.).On Thursday, Trump endorsed Wyoming legislation that would prevent… Continue reading

“Kevin McCarthy Backs Liz Cheney’s Challenger, Escalating a Party Feud”

February 18, 2022, 7:21 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Representative Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican leader, on Thursday endorsed Representative Liz Cheney’s G.O.P. rival for Wyoming’s sole congressional seat, taking the unusual step of intervening in a party primary to oust a onetime ally who has become the… Continue reading

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