Monthly Archives: March 2024

Funding elections

March 12, 2024, 11:35 amelection administration, votingJustin Levitt

Justin here. The President’s 2025 budget dropped on Monday, and it once again includes a substantial, long-term, sustained investment in funding elections. $5 billion, this time around. I continue to think that this is right at the top of the… Continue reading

Brennan Center Virtual Event March 20 with Wilfred Codrington and Me: “The Missing Constitutional Right”

March 12, 2024, 10:09 amReal Right to VoteRick Hasen

I’m very much looking forward to this virtual event put on by the Brennan Center on March 20 at 3 pm ET (noon pacific). Free registration required. Details: The right to vote is one of the foundations of… Continue reading

“Guide to Becoming a Model Code Company”

March 12, 2024, 10:04 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

The Center for Political Accountability has a post in Harvard Law School’s Forum on Corporate Governance on the Guide to Becoming a Model Code Company. The CPA-Zicklin Model Code provides companies with a framework for approaching, governing and assessing… Continue reading

New Edition of “Election Law in a Nutshell” from Tokaji with New Co-Author Rob Yablon

March 12, 2024, 10:03 ampedagogyRick Hasen

Congratulations to Dan Tokaji and Rob Yablon on the publication of the 3rd Edition of “Election Law in a Nutshell.” Details here.

“The Chinese government is using TikTok to meddle in elections, ODNI says”

March 12, 2024, 6:55 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: The Chinese government is using TikTok to expand its global influence operations to promote pro-China narratives and undermine U.S. democracy, according to a report released today from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The annual assessment from… Continue reading

“Bloodbath at RNC: Trump team slashes staff at committee”

March 12, 2024, 6:54 ampolitical partiesRick Hasen

Politico: Donald Trump’s newly installed leadership team at the Republican National Committee on Monday began the process of pushing out dozens of officials, according to two people close to the Trump campaign and the RNC. All told, the expectation is… Continue reading

Derek Muller for Balkinization Symposium on “A Real Right to Vote:” “Some skepticism about (and some promise for) a constitutional right to vote”

March 12, 2024, 6:52 amReal Right to VoteRick Hasen

Derek Muller’s contribution to the symposium on my book, A Real Right to Vote: But I have some doubts about whether the solution, which seems to invite much more involvement of the federal courts, fits the problem. Indeed, Chapter One… Continue reading

Excited to be Speaking at the Great South by Southwest Festival On Legal Issues and the 2024 Election

March 12, 2024, 6:46 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

Amidst all the music and films, Nate Persily and I will be speaking today at SXSW on the legal challenges facing the 2024 election. Looking forward to discussing all these issues with a different audience than usual: https://schedule.sxsw.com/2024/events/PP1145698

“Right-wing outlets facing 2020 election defamation lawsuits may have found a key defense overseas”

March 11, 2024, 7:25 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Marshall Cohen for CNN: An alleged bribery scheme in the Philippines has thrown a potential lifeline to Fox News and other right-wing media outlets that are battling massive defamation lawsuits from the voting technology company Smartmatic for their promotion of 2020 election lies. The overseas… Continue reading

“Testimony Fleshes Out Account of Trump’s Demand to Go to Capitol on Jan. 6”

March 11, 2024, 1:26 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: President Donald J. Trump had just delivered his fiery speech at the Ellipse early on the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021, setting in motion the attack by his supporters on the Capitol. When he got into his armored vehicle… Continue reading

“Opinion: Steve Garvey’s strange win is a loss for California election reform. Here’s the solution”

March 11, 2024, 10:06 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Marcela Miranda-Caballero and David Daley’s new piece in the LA Times: Schiff’s skulduggery was unfortunate but totally rational under the current system. In California’s unusual “jungle” primary, every candidate runs in the same preliminary election, and the top two vote-getters… Continue reading

“Why the Supreme Court Should Clear the Way for a Pre-Election Trump Trial”

March 11, 2024, 10:05 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Kate Shaw in the NYT: In other words, in the Jan. 6 case brought by the special counsel Jack Smith, as important as what the court decides is when it decides. Slow-walking the case would be tantamount to a ruling… Continue reading

Lawfare podcast on Trump v. Anderson

March 11, 2024, 8:41 amUncategorizedNed Foley

I was honored to be part of this deep dive into the details of the Court’s decisions and its implications going forward. Other participants were Quinta Jurecic and Roger Parloff of Lawfare and Gerald Magliocca, who has done such important… Continue reading

Sandy Levinson in Balkinization Symposium: “Do We Need Audacity Instead of Measured Prudence? On the Pathos of Richard Hasen’s Call For “A Real Right To Vote”

March 11, 2024, 8:16 amReal Right to VoteRick Hasen

Sandy Levinson in the symposium on my book, A Real Right to Vote: So Hasen’s latest book is his latest exercise of warning the American public about the deficiencies of our electoral system and calling on us to engage in… Continue reading