Monthly Archives: June 2022

“Screams, threats as New Mexico counties certify vote”

June 21, 2022, 6:59 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

AP: A standoff over the security of voting machines between a Republican-leaning county in New Mexico and Democratic state officials that threatened to erupt into a wider political crisis was defused Friday after local commissioners voted to certify their election… Continue reading

Supreme Court Does Not Issue Order Today on Whether or Not to Hear Moore v. Harper, the Independent State Legislature Case

June 21, 2022, 6:38 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Nothing on today’s order list about this 800-pound-gorilla of election cases. We could get an order granting a hearing in the case on next week’s order list or a following week, or we could get one or more Justices dissenting… Continue reading

“Speaker at meeting of Ginni Thomas group called Biden’s win illegitimate long after Jan. 6, video shows”

June 20, 2022, 5:40 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: Two months after rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to help President Donald Trump stay in office, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, attended a gathering of right-wing activists where a… Continue reading

“House Jan. 6 committee to reveal Meadows’ pressure on Georgia election officials”

June 20, 2022, 1:18 pmchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

LAT: The House Jan. 6 committee plans to show that President Trump’s then-chief of staff Mark Meadows “had an intimate role … in this plot to put pressure on [Georgia] state legislators and on elections officials,” Rep. Adam B.… Continue reading

“US is worried about Russia using new efforts to exploit divisions in 2022 midterms”

June 20, 2022, 1:16 pmcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

CNN: Homeland and national security officials are worried about how Russia could significantly exploit US divisions over the November midterms, considering scenarios like Russia staging smaller hacks of local election authorities — done with the deliberate purpose of being… Continue reading

“In honor of Juneteenth, New York enacts John Lewis Voting Rights Act to combat suppression and discrimination”

June 20, 2022, 12:06 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYDN: New York celebrated Juneteenth and paid tribute to the late civil rights icon and congressman John Lewis on Monday by enacting sweeping new voter protections.The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York, signed into law… Continue reading

Richard Winger: “California’s Faulty Rules for Presidential Candidates Running Outside the Two Major Parties”

June 20, 2022, 11:36 amballot accessRick Hasen

Richard Winger, author of Ballot Access News, has written this guest post: California public officials are proud of the state’s protection for voting rights, but there is one area of voting rights in which California procedures are among the… Continue reading

“Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening Election Official”

June 20, 2022, 11:26 amchicaneryRick Hasen

USDOJ release: A Nebraska man pleaded guilty today to making multiple threatening posts on an Instagram page associated with an election official.According to court documents, Travis Ford, 42, of Lincoln, made multiple threats in August 2021 toward the election… Continue reading

“The Influence of Partisanship on Supreme Court Election Law Rulings”

June 20, 2022, 11:24 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Anthony Gaughan has posted this draft on SSRN (Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy). Here is the abstract: This article examines the role of partisanship in Supreme Court election law rulings. To that end, it surveys the… Continue reading

Point/Counterpoint on Mandatory Voting with Miles Rapoport and Andy Craig

June 20, 2022, 11:21 amvotingRick Hasen

Miles in the affirmative and Andy Craig in the negative.

Listen to Slate “Amicus” Podcast with Joan Biskupic, Dahlia Lithwick, and Me: “Somewhere John Roberts Is Screaming Into an Expensive Pillow; How does SCOTUS even operate in this environment?”

June 20, 2022, 7:43 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

I had a great conversation with Dahlia Lithwick and Joan Biskupic on the Slate Amicus podcast about the weird state of the Supreme Court before the coming storm and the Court’s intersection with the January 6 investigation. You can listen… Continue reading

“The Supreme Court, Public Opinion and the Fate of Roe”

June 20, 2022, 7:35 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Adam Liptak NYT Sidebar column: But is there indeed evidence that public opinion influences the court?The justices themselves have suggested that there is at least a correlation between the popular will and judicial outcomes.“Rare indeed is the legal victory… Continue reading

“Pennsylvania’s congressional map returns to the court”

June 20, 2022, 7:28 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

SCOTUSBlog: Much attention has been devoted recently to the increased calls for emergency relief from the Supreme Court in fast-paced ligation on the shadow docket. When the justices deny an emergency application, however, that is not necessarily the end… Continue reading

Jack Goldsmith: “Prosecute Trump? Put Yourself in Merrick Garland’s Shoes.”

June 20, 2022, 7:24 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Important and nuanced column from Jack Goldsmith in the NYT: The evidence gathered by the Jan. 6 committee and in some of the federal cases against those involved in the Capitol attack pose for Attorney General Merrick Garland one of… Continue reading