Must-read Larry Diamond NYT Oped: “Democrats, Want to Defend Democracy? Embrace What Is Possible.”

January 25, 2022, 8:24 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT oped: Like many scholars of democracy, I have strongly supported both the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act. Both are necessary (though not sufficient) to secure the most precious rights in any democracy… Continue reading

Trump’s Lawyers in Twitter Lawsuit Surreptitiously Conflate “Misinformation and Extremist Content” and “[Conservative] Content”

January 25, 2022, 7:47 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Amazing legal filing I’ll be sure to talk about in my upcoming “Cheap Speech” talks: Interesting catch by Twitter's lawyers. Trump's lawyers, who are trying to persuade a court that Twitter plotted with the gov't, said a… Continue reading

“The group of senators pursuing bipartisan changes to how Congress certifies elections has doubled since its inception.”

January 25, 2022, 7:00 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico: Here’s who attended Monday’s meeting on the Republican side: Collins, Mitt Romney of Utah, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Rob Portman of Ohio, Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Thom Tillis of North Carolina.… Continue reading

Georgia: “Fulton judges greenlight special grand jury for Trump probe”

January 25, 2022, 6:59 amchicaneryRick Hasen

AJC: The judges on Fulton County’s Superior Court bench on Monday cleared the way for a special grand jury to be used for District Attorney Fani Willis’ investigation of former President Donald Trump and his efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020… Continue reading

“Trump lawyer ordered to respond to January 6 committee subpoena for his Chapman University emails”

January 25, 2022, 6:58 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

CNN: A federal judge is forcing a conservative lawyer who had worked for then-President Donald Trump before the January 6 insurrection to respond to a House select committee subpoena of Chapman University for his emails — setting congressional… Continue reading

“American democracy is under threat. But what is that threat, exactly?”

January 25, 2022, 6:55 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Andrew Prokup for Vox.

“Why it’s wrong to call the voting rights bill a federal takeover”

January 25, 2022, 6:44 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politifact rates Senator McConnell’s statement false.

“The Politics of Judicial Elections, 2019-20”

January 25, 2022, 6:42 amjudicial electionsRick Hasen

Brennan Center report: In 2019–20, state supreme court elections attracted more money — including more spending by special interests — than any judicial election cycle in history, posing a serious threat to the appearance and reality of justice across… Continue reading

Unanimous 3-Judge Federal District Court Holds Alabama Violated Voting Rights Act by Not Creating a Second Majority Black Congressional District

January 24, 2022, 6:15 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

From the ruling:

“Arizona Republicans propose major changes to elections after GOP review finds no fraud”

January 24, 2022, 3:42 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Jane Timm for NBC News: Arizona Republicans have put forth two dozen bills this month that would significantly change the state’s electoral processes after the GOP’s unorthodox review of millions of ballots affirmed President Joe Biden’s victory and turned up… Continue reading

Watch Archived Video: “What Can (And Should) Journalists Do to Prevent Election Subversion and Another January 6?”

January 24, 2022, 11:28 amcheap speech, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Deep, clarifying discussion with Bart Gellman, Jessica Huseman, and Margaret Sullivan for the UCI Law Fair Elections and Free Speech Center. Watch here:

“Vote-by-mail rejections are testing integrity of Texas Republicans’ voting law”

January 24, 2022, 11:26 amabsentee ballotsRick Hasen

Alexa Ura for Texas Tribune: Barely started down the path toward the first elections conducted under voting restrictions enacted last year by Republican lawmakers, Texas voters and local election officials have found themselves enveloped in a fog of errors,… Continue reading

“Democrats make surprising inroads in redistricting fight”

January 24, 2022, 11:25 amredistrictingRick Hasen

AP: Democrats braced for disaster when state legislatures began redrawing congressional maps, fearing that Republican dominance of statehouses would tilt power away from them for the next decade.But as the redistricting process reaches its final stages, that anxiety… Continue reading

“Trump followers zero in on secretary of state campaigns”

January 24, 2022, 11:22 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Zach Montellaro for Politico: Donald Trump’s pick to become Arizona’s top elections official raised more campaign cash in 2021 than his two potential Democratic opponents combined — a sign of MAGA-world’s deep engagement in taking over under-the-radar positions in charge… Continue reading

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