Alabama Attorney General Praises State Legislature for Defying the Supreme Court in Not Drawing District Required by the Voting Rights Act

August 9, 2023, 5:52 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Alabama Daily News: The Supreme Court upheld a ruling by a lower state court that ordered Alabama lawmakers to adopt a new map that either created two majority-Black districts, or “something quite close” to it. Instead, the Legislature approved a… Continue reading

“Special counsel obtained search warrant for Donald Trump’s Twitter account”

August 9, 2023, 11:34 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico: Special Counsel Jack Smith obtained a search warrant for Donald Trump’s Twitter account, @realDonaldTrump, earlier this year, according to newly revealed court documents. Twitter’s initial resistance to complying with the Jan. 17 warrant resulted in a federal judge holding… Continue reading

Judge Luttig and Jeh Johnson to Chair Bipartisan ABA Task Force for American Democracy

August 9, 2023, 11:31 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

From the mission statement (Task force members): Clearly, our American democracy is not as strong as we once thought and there are those who seem determined to push it to the breaking point. The time for answers and action… Continue reading

“Textualism and Anti-Novelty Under Moore v. Harper”

August 9, 2023, 11:00 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Michael Weingartner writes.

ELB Book Corner: Mary Zielger: “Abortion and Overcoming Popular Will”

August 9, 2023, 7:00 amcampaign finance, ELB Book Corner, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I am pleased to welcome Mary Ziegler to the ELB Book Corner, author of the new book, Dollars for Life: The Anti-Abortion Movement and the Fall of the Republican Establishment (Yale, 2022). Here is the final of three posts:… Continue reading

“Previously Secret Memo Laid Out Strategy for Trump to Overturn Biden’s Win”

August 8, 2023, 8:05 pmelection subversion risk, electoral collegeRick Hasen

NYT: A lawyer allied with President Donald J. Trump first laid out a plot to use false slates of electors to subvert the 2020 election in a previously unknown internal campaign memo that prosecutors are portraying as a crucial link… Continue reading

“Ohio Issue 1 fails: Big cities, suburban and many rural counties voted down issue”

August 8, 2023, 5:50 pmdirect democracyRick Hasen

Columbus Dispatch: Issue 1 was projected to fail on Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, dealing a blow to Ohio Republicans who wanted to hamstring a November ballot question on abortion rights. Decision Desk HQ, an election results reporting agency… Continue reading

“Georgia Grand Jury Likely to Hear Trump Case Next Week”

August 8, 2023, 5:41 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: The fourth criminal case involving Donald J. Trump is likely to come to a head next week, with the district attorney in Atlanta expected to take the findings from her election interference investigation to a grand jury. The Georgia… Continue reading

My New LA Times Oped: “Why Georgia might beat the feds at holding Trump accountable”

August 8, 2023, 2:54 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

I have written this piece for the LA Times. It begins: In Fulton County, Ga., Donald Trump and others are widely expected to be indicted any day for attempting to illegally reverse Joe Biden’s victory in that state in 2020.… Continue reading

Jack Goldsmith: “The Prosecution of Trump May Have Terrible Consequences”

August 8, 2023, 2:16 pmDepartment of Justice, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Must-read NYT oped: It may be satisfying now to see the special counsel Jack Smith indict Donald Trump for his reprehensible and possibly criminal actions in connection with the 2020 presidential election. But the prosecution, which might be justified, reflects… Continue reading

“Tennessee Puts Voting Rights at the Whims of State Officials”

August 8, 2023, 11:30 amfelon votingRick Hasen

Bolts: Michael Moore has spent two years trying to regain the right to vote. He has worked to meet Tennessee’s byzantine list of criteria for having voting rights restored and filed extensive paperwork only to be denied because he still… Continue reading

SBF Campaign Finance Charges are Back In Case

August 8, 2023, 10:58 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Teddy Schleifer with the details.

“Special counsel still scrutinizing finances of Trump’s PAC”

August 8, 2023, 10:40 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico: Special counsel Jack Smith’s probe of efforts by Donald Trump and others to subvert the 2020 election remains ongoing — with at least one interview this week that focused on fundraising and spending by Trump’s political action committee. Meanwhile,… Continue reading