Must Read Michael Kruse: “The ‘Stolen’ Election That Poisoned American Politics. It Happened in 1984.”

January 6, 2023, 4:10 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Michael Kruse for Politico: This week 38 years ago, in the first official act on the first official day of the 99th Congress, the Democrats in power did something nearly unprecedented in the history of the House of Representatives. Speaker… Continue reading

“Elon Musk says Twitter staff ‘error’ led to hiring Perkins Coie law firm”

January 6, 2023, 4:07 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Reuters: Twitter Inc CEO Elon Musk said in an email to Reuters on Friday that hiring law firm Perkins Coie to defend the company in a California federal lawsuit this week was a mistake it would not make again. Reuters … Continue reading

“‘We’re all on the same team’: Inside the Alaska model for US politics”

January 6, 2023, 2:58 pmUncategorizedRichard Pildes

The Christian Science Monitor has a deep dive look into Alaska’s politics, including a balanced set of interviews about how the adoption of the Top-4 primary, with RCV in the general election, has shaped those politics.

“Why Big-Money Donors Can’t Reel In GOP Rebels”

January 6, 2023, 11:27 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

This WSJ piece has a lot of good detail elaborating on a point I make in my recent NYT essay, which is the way small-dollar donations have enabled the rise of free-agent politicians. This also highlights concerns I’ve raised before… Continue reading

“Federal judges strike down SC’s 1st Congressional District as racial gerrymandering” (With Link to 33-page unanimous ruling)

January 6, 2023, 9:06 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Post & Courier: A panel of federal judges in South Carolina has concluded that the state’s coastal 1st Congressional District was drawn in such a way that it discriminates against Black voters and must be redesigned before the end of… Continue reading

My Thoughts on the Two-Year Anniversary of the January 6 Insurrection

January 6, 2023, 7:20 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Here’s what I posted a couple of weeks ago: We are just a few weeks shy of the two-year anniversary of the January 6, 2021 insurrection in the United States Capitol, the culmination of a series of events engineered by… Continue reading

“New Law School Dean Gave Trump Bad Legal Advice”

January 6, 2023, 7:19 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Inside Higher Ed: Two years ago today, a group of insurrectionists, whipped into a frenzy by former President Trump’s false rhetoric about a stolen election, waged an attack on the U.S. Capitol, seeking to subvert American democracy. During the… Continue reading

“Biden Will Mark Jan. 6 With Presidential Medals for Election Officials”

January 6, 2023, 7:12 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: President Biden on Friday will mark the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by awarding the Presidential Citizens Medal to a dozen people who resisted efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Mr. Biden will… Continue reading

“Two Years Later, Prosecutions of Jan. 6 Rioters Continue to Grow”

January 6, 2023, 7:10 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: The investigation into the storming of the Capitol is, by any measure, the biggest criminal inquiry in the Justice Department’s 153-year history. And even two years after Jan. 6, 2021, it is only getting bigger. In chasing leads and… Continue reading

“In the End, Redistricting Didn’t Hurt (And May Have Even Helped) House Democrats”

January 6, 2023, 7:06 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Dave Wasserman for Cook Political Report: Amid this week’s chaos, an occasional TV sound byte has been that House Republicans might not even have won their razor-thin majority without a boost from redistricting. After all, our pre-election estimate was a… Continue reading

“Enablers, line-straddlers and quiet resisters: How GOP lawmakers contributed to Jan. 6”

January 6, 2023, 7:02 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico: A handful of Republicans who remained in the Jan. 6 committee’s sights throughout its investigation are now leading the effort to deny Kevin McCarthy the speakership — using their power to bring the House to a standstill. During its… Continue reading

“End Citizens United” Group Wants Investigation into Kevin McCarthy for Super PAC Deal to Help Get Speakership

January 6, 2023, 7:01 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Letter.

“Alameda County stays silent on how to resolve election error that flipped one Oakland race”

January 6, 2023, 6:58 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

SF Chronicle: A week after Alameda County announced that a computer error had incorrectly decided a local school board race, officials still had not explained how they plan to address the voting snafu or whether they intend to swear in… Continue reading