Monthly Archives: April 2024

Honored to Give the 50th Anniversary David W. Peck Lecture & Dinner: “How Can We Safeguard American Democracy” (Wabash College, April 18)

April 9, 2024, 7:09 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Honored to be speaking next week: 50th Anniversary David W. Peck Lecture & Dinner April 18, 2024 Senior Peck Medal Recipient and Lecturer Professor Richard Hasen UCLA Law School “How Can We Safeguard American Democracy?” Americans are up in arms… Continue reading

“Jack Smith: False elector scheme saves Trump obstruction charges”

April 9, 2024, 6:57 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico: Donald Trump’s effort to assemble false slates of presidential electors in 2020 may wind up shielding special counsel Jack Smith’s case from a Supreme Court ruling that could sharply narrow the obstruction law at the heart of the indictment… Continue reading

“Election worker turnover has reached historic highs ahead of the 2024 vote, new data shows”

April 9, 2024, 6:43 amelection administrationRick Hasen

Jane Timm for NBC News: Election officials across the country are leaving their jobs at the highest rates in decades, according to new research shared first with NBC News, putting thousands of new officials in place to oversee a tense… Continue reading

Embracing Spoiler Role: “RFK Jr.’s New York state director says her ‘No. 1 priority’ is preventing a Biden victory”

April 8, 2024, 12:39 pmthird partiesRick Hasen

CNN: A New York-based campaign official for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pitching Republican voters to support his independent presidential bid by arguing that Kennedy will help Donald Trump defeat Joe Biden if he’s on the ballot in New York. Rita Palma, the… Continue reading

A Number Four-Star Admirals and Other Retired Military Leaders File Supreme Court Amicus Brief Raising Risk to Rule of Law and Peaceful Transitions of Power If Trump’s Absolute Immunity Argument is Accepted

April 8, 2024, 12:38 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

You can read the brief at this link.

Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar April 16: Fireside Chat with California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Safeguarding Democracy Project Director Rick Hasen

April 8, 2024, 8:03 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Looking forward to this online event: (free registration required) Apr 16, 2024 12:30 PM in Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join us for a Fireside Chat with California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Safeguarding Democracy Project Director Rick Hasen discussing the preservation… Continue reading

“Americans will find voting easier — or harder — depending where they live”

April 8, 2024, 7:23 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: Voting in Michigan will be easier for many people this fall than it was four years ago. There will be nine days of early voting. All mail ballots will have prepaid return postage. And every community will have at… Continue reading

“Inside the Election Denial Groups Planning to Disrupt November”

April 8, 2024, 7:22 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Wired: As the most consequential presidential election in a generation looms in the United States, get-out-the-vote efforts across the country are more important than ever. But multiple far-right activist groups with ties to former president Donald Trump and the… Continue reading

“Super PACs keep testing the limits of campaign finance law”

April 8, 2024, 7:17 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Politico: Super PACs keep pushing the boundaries of campaign finance law this cycle. They’re using novel financial arrangements, like taking “bridge funding” in the form of undisclosed de facto loans from major donors or receiving ad revenue from a candidate’s… Continue reading

American Law Institute: “Guidance for Insurrection Act Reform Issued by Bipartisan Group”

April 8, 2024, 7:12 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Release: Today, a bipartisan group led by Bob Bauer (NYU School of Law and former White House Counsel to President Obama) and Jack Goldsmith (Harvard Law School and former Assistant Attorney General in the George W. Bush administration) issued “… Continue reading

Remedies Scholars Brief Filed in Chisom Judicial Elections Voting Rights Case Before En Banc Fifth Circuit

April 6, 2024, 3:03 pmjudicial elections, Remedies, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Remedies scholars Doug Laycock, Doug Rendleman, Caprice Roberts and I have filed this amicus brief in the Fifth Circuit, which is considering en banc Louisiana’s challenge to the consent decree in the Chisom case. It was written by a… Continue reading

“Biden could face obstacle getting on Ohio’s ballot, secretary of state’s office says”

April 6, 2024, 2:52 pmballot accessRick Hasen

CNN: President Joe Biden may face complications getting on Ohio’s 2024 general election ballot unless Democrats make changes or the state legislature takes action, according to a letter issued by the office of Ohio’s secretary of state, Frank LaRose. According… Continue reading

“Voter ID and absentee-ballot limits: the South tightens key voting laws ahead of election”

April 6, 2024, 2:36 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

USA Today: Since 2020, states have tightened who can vote absentee and who can turn in absentee ballots. They’ve passed or stiffened voter identification laws. And, under pressure from Republicans who falsely claim the 2020 election was stolen through fraud,… Continue reading

“Sources say Trump sought to directly pressure Nebraska state senator over winner-take-all proposal”

April 6, 2024, 2:28 pmelectoral collegeRick Hasen

The Nebraska Examiner reports.

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