Monthly Archives: December 2022

“Judge orders 2-day trial in Kari Lake’s lawsuit, but dismisses some claims”

December 20, 2022, 7:27 amrecountsRick Hasen

Arizona Republic: judge declined Monday to dismiss Kari Lake’s election challenge after oral arguments by attorneys, giving her a chance to try to prove her claims of misconduct by election officials. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson tossed eight… Continue reading

Jacksonville racial gerrymandering remedy

December 20, 2022, 6:23 amUncategorizedNicholas Stephanopoulos

Yesterday a federal district court rejected the remedial map the City of Jacksonville adopted in an effort to cure racial gerrymandering violations in its original city council plan. Instead the court ordered the use of one of the remedial maps… Continue reading

Senate’s Electoral Count Reform Act included in omnibus

December 20, 2022, 12:11 amelectoral collegeDerek Muller

The text of the omnibus bill has been released, and the bill includes the long-anticipated amendments to the Electoral Count Act. The text is almost identical to the Electoral Count Reform Act, the bill drafted and negotiated by Senators… Continue reading

Fordham’s New “Voting Rights and Democracy Forum”–Open for Submissions

December 19, 2022, 4:34 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Announcement via email: Fordham University School of Law’s Voting Rights and Democracy Forum is a new online publication committed to short, timely articles, essays, and commentaries concerning voting rights and issues affecting democratic institutions. In November 2022, the Forum released… Continue reading

Read the 154-Page Executive Summary of the Report of the January 6 Committee on the 2020 Insurrection

December 19, 2022, 11:34 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Read it here.

Georgia SOS Brad Raffensperger in WSJ Oped Accuses Sen. Warnock of Being an Election Denier Because Warnock Has Accused Georgia of Voter Suppression

December 19, 2022, 9:51 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

This was disappointing to see, whether or not one believes Sen. Warnock has overstated the extent to which Georgia’s laws make it harder for people to register or vote. The term “election denialism” should be reserved for those people who… Continue reading

“The Conservative Policy Bias of US Senate Malapportionment”

December 19, 2022, 8:05 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Richard Johnson and Lisa Miller have written this article for PS. Here is the abstract: The US Senate is unique in the United States and rare internationally for its total disregard of population differences among its representational units. To… Continue reading

“Jan. 6 Panel to Cap 18-Month Inquiry With Final Public Session”

December 19, 2022, 7:48 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol will hold its last public meeting on Monday afternoon, ending an 18-month investigation with the approval of its final report and a vote on issuing criminal and… Continue reading

“An ‘Imperial Supreme Court’ Asserts Its Power, Alarming Scholars; Several new studies document the current court’s distinctive insistence on its dominance and the justices’ willingness to use procedural shortcuts to achieve it”

December 19, 2022, 7:46 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Adam Liptak NYT Sidebar column: The arguments this month over the role of state legislatures in setting rules for federal elections seemed to illustrate the point. The questioning suggested that the court was not prepared to adopt a novel… Continue reading

“Exclusive: Flynn deposition reveals questions about pressure on U.S. intelligence ahead of Jan. 6”

December 19, 2022, 7:41 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

CBS News: New audio files obtained by CBS News reveal how a congressional investigator pushed retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser to former President Donald Trump, to testify about his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential… Continue reading

“Trump-Backed Election Loser Kari Lake Hints At Violence At Conservative Gathering”

December 18, 2022, 6:28 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

S.V. Date: Former television newscaster and failed Republican candidate for governor Kari Lake hinted at violence to a crowd of thousands of conservative activists Sunday, continuing her claim that she had really won last month. “On Nov. 8 , they… Continue reading

“Lessons for Our Elections from the January 6 Hearings; The hearings exposed structural flaws in our democracy. Here’s how to fix them.”

December 17, 2022, 2:43 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

New from the Brennan Center.

“U.S. Scrutinizes Political Donations by Sam Bankman-Fried and Allies”

December 17, 2022, 12:50 pmcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT has this report, with the subhead: “Federal prosecutors appear to be focusing on possible wrongdoing by cryptocurrency executives, rather than by Democratic or Republican politicians. But the inquiries widen an explosive campaign finance scandal.”

“Georgia Grand Jury’s Probe of Donald Trump Nears End”

December 17, 2022, 7:38 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WSJ: A criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump‘s efforts to overturn his election defeat in Georgia has produced a flurry of activity in the last month, with several high-profile witnesses appearing before a special grand jury that is… Continue reading