Category Archives: election subversion risk

Watch Archived Video of My Conversation with MSNBC’s Nicole Wallace on Our “24 for ’24” Report on Fair and Legitimate Elections in 2024

September 14, 2023, 4:19 pmelection administration, election subversion riskRick Hasen

You can watch the clip here. You can also read the new report: 24 for ’24: Urgent Recommendations in Law, Media, Politics, and Tech for Fair and Legitimate 2024 Elections. Here’s a shorter, clickable part of the MSNBC video.

“Fulton judge splits Fulton Trump defendants into two groups”

September 14, 2023, 7:48 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

AJC: The Fulton County judge overseeing the sprawling election interference probe involving former President Donald Trump on Thursday split the case’s 19 defendants into two groups for trial — and suggested that more divisions could be merited. Superior Court Judge… Continue reading

We’ve Issued a Major New Report, “24 for ’24: Urgent Recommendations in Law, Media, Politics, and Tech for Fair and Legitimate 2024 Elections”

September 13, 2023, 7:34 amabsentee ballots, election administration, election subversion risk, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights Act, voting technologyRick Hasen

Back in March, the UCLA Law Safeguarding Democracy Project held a conference, Can American Democracy Survive the 2024 Elections? Following the conference some of the participants met as an ad hoc committee to consider recommendations in law, politics, media, and… Continue reading

“GOP lawyer with ties to three Trump rivals enters 14th Amendment fray”

September 12, 2023, 3:10 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: A Republican election lawyer with ties to three of former president Donald Trump’s GOP primary opponents has joined a crowded field of individuals and groups exploring whether the former president can be kept off the ballot for his role… Continue reading

ELB Podcast 5:1: The Trump Indictments, the 2024 Elections, and the Public Peace (Ginsberg, Ben-Ghiat, and Kleinfeld)

September 11, 2023, 8:13 amELB Podcast, election subversion riskRick Hasen

New ELB Podcast: Will the multiple indictments and expected trials of former President Donald Trump lead to violence or unrest? Are the risks of political violence in the U.S. increasing or decreasing? What can the United States learn from other… Continue reading

“BREAKING: Judge denies Meadows’ bid to move Fulton case to fed court”

September 8, 2023, 5:15 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

AJC: A federal judge on Friday rejected a request from former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to move his Fulton County election interference case to U.S. District Court in Atlanta. In a 49-page ruling, U.S. District … Continue reading

“Georgia special grand jury recommended charging Lindsey Graham in Trump case”

September 8, 2023, 10:56 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: An Atlanta-area special grand jury that spent months investigating alleged 2020 election interference in Georgia by Donald Trump and his allies agreed the former president should be indicted in the case and also recommended charging one of Trump’s closest… Continue reading

“John Eastman declines to elaborate on Trump world discussions about Grassley presiding on Jan. 6”

September 7, 2023, 8:33 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Politico: John Eastman, testifying at his own disbarment trial, sidestepped a question Wednesday about whether he and others in former President Donald Trump’s orbit discussed the possibility that Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) — rather than Mike Pence — would preside… Continue reading

“Constitutional debate over Trump’s eligibility to run more extensive than realized”

September 7, 2023, 7:11 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Zach Montellaro for Politico: The idea of barring former President Donald Trump from seeking the presidency on grounds that it would violate the 14th Amendment may be an increasingly catchy constitutional argument pushed by a segment of legal scholars and… Continue reading

“From Hoover to Nixon to Obama, Presidential Centers Call to Protect Democracy”

September 7, 2023, 7:09 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: A coalition representing nearly every former president from Herbert Hoover to Barack Obama issued a collective call on Thursday to protect the foundations of American democracy and maintain civility in the nation’s politics. The alliance of presidential centers and… Continue reading

Georgia SOS Brad Raffensperger WSJ Oped: “I Can’t Keep Trump Off the Ballot”

September 7, 2023, 7:07 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Oped: Some legal scholars are arguing that secretaries of state should remove Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which states that a public official is ineligible for public office if he has… Continue reading

“How States Can Prevent Election Subversion in 2024 and Beyond”

September 7, 2023, 7:03 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

New Brennan Center report with these key recommendations: Strengthen laws requiring timely certification based solely on verified vote totals, with effective enforcement mechanisms. Strengthen laws channeling election disputes through the state judiciary, and set clear standards governing how these disputes… Continue reading

“Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio sentenced to 22 years for Jan. 6”

September 6, 2023, 7:08 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: Former Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, described by a judge as “the ultimate leader” who “was motivated by revolutionary zeal” in organizing members of his far-right group to spark the breach of the U.S. Capitol, was sentenced Tuesday… Continue reading

“How American Democracy Fell So Far Behind”

September 6, 2023, 6:59 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt in The Atlantic: The causes of America’s crisis are not simply a strongman and his cultlike following. They are more endemic than that. Over the past two centuries, America has undergone massive economic and… Continue reading