Monthly Archives: January 2021

Federal District Court Dismisses Lawsuit, Excoriates Wisconsin Voters Alliance for Attempt to Overturn the Results of the Presidential Election Through Litigation

January 4, 2021, 11:05 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Start here: Plaintiffs’ aims in this election challenge are bold indeed: they ask this Court to declare unconstitutional several decades-old federal statutes governing the appointment of electors and the counting of electoral votes for President of the United States;… Continue reading

“Election Day Voting in 2020 Took Longer in America’s Poorest Neighborhoods”

January 4, 2021, 10:14 amelection administrationRick Hasen

NYT’s The UpShot reports.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Issues Statement Condemning Effort in Congress to Mess with Election Vote Counting, Warns Against Violent Protests

January 4, 2021, 10:13 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

U.S. Chamber CEO on Electoral College Vote Counting FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 4, 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thomas J. Donohue, CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, issued the following statement today ahead of the counting of electoral votes on January 6th and expected political… Continue reading

“Donald Trump Should Be Prosecuted for His Shakedown of Georgia’s Brad Raffensperger”

January 4, 2021, 8:59 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: President Donald Trump likely broke both federal and state law in a Saturday phone call during which he encouraged Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to overturn… Continue reading

“We Can’t Let Our Elections Be This Vulnerable Again”

January 4, 2021, 8:57 amchicanery, electoral college, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

I have written this piece for The Atlantic. It begins: The 2020 election and its aftermath have laid bare an unhappy truth: Many of the familiar procedures for translating the people’s will into the choice of a president depend on… Continue reading

“A leading historian of U.S. democracy issues an urgent warning”

January 4, 2021, 8:53 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Greg Sargent: Which raises a question: In a future presidential election, if Republicans control both chambers of Congress and similar objections are brought against a victorious Democrat’s electors, mightn’t they succeed in invalidating them?“It’s become a lot easier to envision… Continue reading

“MAGA marchers plot final D.C. stand on Jan. 6”

January 4, 2021, 8:48 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: Timed to the day when Congress will formally certify President-elect Joe Biden’s win, the MAGA crowd is trying to pressure Vice President Mike Pence and Republican lawmakers to refuse to seat Biden over fabricated voter-fraud claims. It’s a doomed… Continue reading

“After Trump’s drubbing in the courts, liberals fear a legal hangover”

January 4, 2021, 8:24 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Josh Gerstein for Politico: While many of the Trump suits died swiftly due to a profound lack of evidence or obvious flaws in the lawyers’ factual claims, judges used a broad array of legal grounds to nail the coffin firmly… Continue reading

“POLITICO Playbook: The backstory of Trump’s Georgia call”

January 4, 2021, 6:51 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Marc Caputo: It started on Saturday when Trump and his team reached out to talk to Raffensperger, who, according to an adviser, felt he would be unethically pressured by the president. Raffensperger had been here before: In November he accused… Continue reading

“Guide to Counting Electoral College Votes and The January 6, 2021 Meeting of Congress”

January 4, 2021, 6:43 amelectoral collegeRick Hasen

This guide by Joshua Matz, Norman Eisen, and Harmann Singh could come in very handy.

“All Pence Can Do Is Count; The Constitution is clear. Neither the vice president nor Congress has the power to reject electoral votes.”

January 4, 2021, 6:39 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Alan Charles Raul and Richard Bernstein WSJ oped.

“‘I just want to find 11,780 votes’: In extraordinary hour-long call, Trump pressures Georgia secretary of state to recalculate the vote in his favor”

January 3, 2021, 8:43 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Amy Gardner exclusive for WaPo: President Trump urged fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state, to “find” enough votes to overturn his defeat in an extraordinary one-hour phone call Saturday that legal scholars described as a flagrant abuse… Continue reading

“All 10 living former defense secretaries: Involving the military in election disputes would cross into dangerous territory”

January 3, 2021, 8:36 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo oped by Ashton Carter, Dick Cheney, William Cohen, Mark Esper, Robert Gates, Chuck Hagel, James Mattis, Leon Panetta, William Perry and Donald Rumsfeld: Given these factors, particularly at a time when U.S. forces are engaged in active operations around… Continue reading

“Ex-GOP Speaker Ryan denounces effort to challenge Electoral College results”

January 3, 2021, 8:33 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

The Hill: Former Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Sunday blasted Congressional Republicans’ efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.“Efforts to reject the votes of the Electoral College and sow doubt about Joe Biden’s victory strike at the… Continue reading