Monthly Archives: June 2019

“A Lot of Candidates May Make It Seem Like Democracy Is Working, But It Isn’t”

June 26, 2019, 2:18 pmUncategorizedRichard Pildes

That’s the title on Larry Bartel’s op-ed in today’s NYT about reforming the presidential primary process. It’s noteworthy that there’s been an outpouring of commentary and academic work in the past few years urging re-consideration of the nominations process we… Continue reading

New York Weighs in At SCOTUS in Census Citizenship Question Case to Urge Court Not to Decide Equal Protection Question Not Before It.

June 26, 2019, 2:14 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

The latest missive.

The End Game Possibilities for the Census Case

June 26, 2019, 8:18 amcensus litigation, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

The census decision is coming tomorrow from the Supreme Court. Most likely in my view is a 5-4 decision upholding the inclusion of the citizenship question, without addressing equal protection issue. Alito (if he writes) could include dicta to try… Continue reading

MALDEF Files SCOTUS Letter in Census Case Saying Not to Decide Equal Protection Issue Not Before the Court

June 26, 2019, 8:04 amcensus litigation, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

From the letter: First, the Solicitor General’s request would require this Court to render an improper advisory opinion on issues that have not been briefed or argued before this Court, relating to cases that are not before this Court, based… Continue reading

“The Cybersecurity 202: Elizabeth Warren aims for the fences on election security”

June 26, 2019, 7:55 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), the top-polling candidate in the first Democratic presidential debate tonight, also has the most ambitious plan for how to protect U.S. elections from foreign hackers.But that aim-for-the-fences approach, which Warren introduced in an eight-page … Continue reading

Hoboken New Jersey Absentee Ballot Case Shows Why This Kind of Fraud (Unlike Impersonation Fraud) Can Happen: People Can Verify How Others Voted

June 26, 2019, 7:52 amabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

From the DOJ press release: From October 2013 through November 2013, Raia instructed Dio Braxton, Matt Calicchio, Lizaida Camis, and other conspirators who worked for his campaign, to pay certain Hoboken voters $50 if those voters applied for and… Continue reading

“A Million Independent Voters Risk Being Irrelevant in California’s Presidential Primary”

June 26, 2019, 7:49 amelection administrationRick Hasen

KQED: Presidential challengers hoping to glide to victory through California’s newly relevant primary, a heads-up: Your electoral fate may hinge on convincing enough left-leaning millennials to send postcards over the holiday season.Welcome to the quirk-filled world of California… Continue reading

Supreme Court To Hand Out Final Opinions of the Term Thursday (Tomorrow), Likely Including Partisan Gerrymandering and Census Cases

June 26, 2019, 7:25 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

It’s always possible that the census case gets remanded and put off, given all the machinations.

“The Census Case Is Shaping Up to Be the Biggest Travesty Since Bush v. Gore”

June 25, 2019, 3:50 pmBush v. Gore reflections, census litigation, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: The government’s conduct in the pending Supreme Court case about adding a citizenship question to the census has gone from indefensible to outrageous. In the case, which is likely to be… Continue reading

Breaking: 4th Circuit Remands Census Citizenship Case Raising Equal Protection Issues Not Before SCOTUS to Look at Hofeller Evidence to Show Government Discriminatory Intent; Concurring Judge Suggests New Injunction Against Including Question

June 25, 2019, 11:04 amcensus litigation, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

This order (via Lawrence Hurley) means that the district court can consider the new Hofeller evidence to determine whether it shows the government acted with racially discriminatory intent in including the citizenship question on the census. And then the case… Continue reading

DOJ Replies to Latest Plaintiffs’ Letter in SCOTUS Census Case

June 25, 2019, 10:12 amcensus litigation, Department of Justice, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Read it here.

House Democrats’ Report on Census Question Shows Early White House Involvement, Effort to “Avoid Phones” in Setting Groundwork for Citizenship Question

June 25, 2019, 9:22 amcensus litigationRick Hasen

Hansi Lo Wang: https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1143444217857024002

“Our next election is dangerously vulnerable, a top Democrat warns. Does Trump care?”

June 25, 2019, 8:24 amchicanery, election administration, Uncategorized, voting technologyRick Hasen

Important Greg Sargent interview with Sen. Wyden.

“In Supreme Court census case, chief justice’s priorities are colliding”

June 25, 2019, 7:38 amcensus litigation, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Ronald Brownstein for CNN: But on cases affecting the core electoral interests of the two parties — like the decision impending this week on whether the Trump administration can add a citizenship question to the 2020 census — Roberts… Continue reading

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