Category Archives: election subversion risk

“John Eastman Is Unbowed as Investigations Proliferate”

January 19, 2023, 7:04 pmelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: The crux of Mr. Eastman’s defense is that he was simply a lawyer offering advice, and that he was acting in good faith, since he still believes many of the fraud claims that were made. “I’m not backing down… Continue reading

“Issue One reveals who profited from election denialism in 2022”

January 17, 2023, 10:20 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Release: As election-denying secretary of state candidates spouted rhetoric that eroded people’s faith in our free and fair elections, political operatives behind the scenes were raking in the dough. A new Issue One review of state campaign finance filings highlights… Continue reading

“The Constitution Should Not Be a Suicide Pact w/ Rick Hasen”

January 17, 2023, 7:38 amcheap speech, election subversion riskRick Hasen

I spoke to the Democracy Nerd podcast about my Cheap Speech book and ongoing threats to democracy. Listen here.

Announcing the Free Spring Webinar Series for the Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA Law, Opening with Rachel Maddow Event Jan. 26

January 17, 2023, 7:01 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

I’m very pleased to announce the Spring 2022 webinar series for UCLA Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project. All events are free and online, but require registration. Details: January 26 – What “Ultra” Can Teach Us About Threats to American Democracy… Continue reading

Today’s Must-Read: “What the Jan. 6 probe found out about social media, but didn’t report”

January 17, 2023, 6:46 amcheap speech, election subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: The Jan. 6 committee spent months gathering stunning new details on how social media companies failed to address the online extremism and calls for violence that precededthe Capitol riot. The evidence they collected was written up in a 122-page … Continue reading

“What Drove a Mass Attack on Brazil’s Capital? Mass Delusion.”

January 10, 2023, 7:34 amcheap speech, comparative election law, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Jack Nicas for the NYT: For the past 10 weeks, supporters of the ousted far-right President Jair Bolsonaro had camped outside Brazilian Army headquarters, demanding that the military overturn October’s presidential election. And for the past 10 weeks, the protesters… Continue reading

“Come to the ‘war cry party’: How social media helped drive mayhem in Brazil”

January 9, 2023, 7:21 amcheap speech, election subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: In the weeks leading up to Sunday’s violent attacks on Brazil’s Congress and other government buildings, the country’s social media channels surged with calls to attack gas stations, refineries and other infrastructure, as well as for people to… Continue reading

“Corporations gave $10M to election objectors after pledging to cut them off”

January 6, 2023, 6:05 pmcampaign finance, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Politico: Political action committees affiliated with more than 70 major corporations said they would pause or reconsider donations to those who objected to certifying the results of the 2020 election after the attack on the U.S. Capitol two years… Continue reading

My Thoughts on the Two-Year Anniversary of the January 6 Insurrection

January 6, 2023, 7:20 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Here’s what I posted a couple of weeks ago: We are just a few weeks shy of the two-year anniversary of the January 6, 2021 insurrection in the United States Capitol, the culmination of a series of events engineered by… Continue reading

“New Law School Dean Gave Trump Bad Legal Advice”

January 6, 2023, 7:19 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Inside Higher Ed: Two years ago today, a group of insurrectionists, whipped into a frenzy by former President Trump’s false rhetoric about a stolen election, waged an attack on the U.S. Capitol, seeking to subvert American democracy. During the… Continue reading

“Biden Will Mark Jan. 6 With Presidential Medals for Election Officials”

January 6, 2023, 7:12 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: President Biden on Friday will mark the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by awarding the Presidential Citizens Medal to a dozen people who resisted efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Mr. Biden will… Continue reading

“Two Years Later, Prosecutions of Jan. 6 Rioters Continue to Grow”

January 6, 2023, 7:10 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: The investigation into the storming of the Capitol is, by any measure, the biggest criminal inquiry in the Justice Department’s 153-year history. And even two years after Jan. 6, 2021, it is only getting bigger. In chasing leads and… Continue reading

“How Utah Sen. Mike Lee tried to make the scheme to overturn Trump’s election loss fit the Constitution”

January 4, 2023, 7:50 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Salt Lake Tribune: Utah Sen. Mike Lee often describes his political ideology as strict adherence to the U.S. Constitution. Transcripts, documents, text messages and the final report from the House Jan. 6th Committee show Lee actively tried to keep Donald… Continue reading

“Ron Johnson advocated for GOP-controlled Legislature to choose presidential electors, new Jan. 6 documents say”

January 3, 2023, 11:40 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: New documents from the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol suggest Sen. Ron Johnson told the chairman of the state Republican Party a month after the 2020 election that the GOP-controlled… Continue reading