“Fulton judge: Portions of Trump grand jury report to be released this week”

February 13, 2023, 8:05 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

AJC: A Fulton County judge said Monday that he planned to keep private portions of a special grand jury report that recommends specific individuals be indicted following an eight-month criminal probe that examined whether former President Donald Trump and his… Continue reading

“Jack Smith, Special Counsel for Trump Inquiries, Steps Up the Pace”

February 13, 2023, 7:48 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: Did former President Donald J. Trump consume detailed information about foreign countries while in office? How extensively did he seek information about whether voting machines had been tampered with? Did he indicate he knew he was leaving when his… Continue reading

“GOP election tactics no surprise to Wisconsin’s Black voters”

February 13, 2023, 7:47 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

AP: Recent revelations about Republican election strategies targeting minority communities in Wisconsin’s biggest city came as no surprise to many Black voters. A Wisconsin election commissioner bragged about low turnout in predominantly Black and Latino neighborhoods during last year’s… Continue reading

“Defiant Kari Lake carries election denier banner across Iowa amid divided GOP”

February 13, 2023, 7:45 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: For two days, Kari Lake traversed this state with a clear message. She falsely claimed the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump. She baselessly insisted that votes were rigged against her in her run for Arizona governor… Continue reading

“Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race is expected to top $6 million in spending. And that’s just for the primary.”

February 13, 2023, 7:39 amcampaign finance, judicial electionsRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Wisconsin’s officially non-partisan Supreme Court race is getting big money from outside interest groups in one of the hotly contested races in the country. With less than two weeks to go, Wisconsin’s Supreme Court candidates and outside groups… Continue reading

“Column: In Arizona, a crackpot gets promoted and underscores the danger to democracy”

February 13, 2023, 7:37 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Mark Barabak LAT column: Meet Wendy Rogers. Her political credentials include antisemitism, a hyperactive promotion of outlandish conspiracy theories, a fondness for the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy and Vladimir Putin, and consorting with the outspoken racist and white nationalist… Continue reading

“George Santos and the Case of the Missing $365,000”

February 13, 2023, 7:26 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: Representative George Santos has spent his campaign money in plenty of conspicuous ways, from lavish hotel stays in Las Vegas and Palm Beach, Fla., to an unusual slew of payments for exactly $199.99 — two cents below the threshold where receipts would… Continue reading

“The ‘Stop the Steal’ Fight That Never Ended; A State Supreme Court Justice reveals the long-term toll of calling out the Big Lie”

February 13, 2023, 7:24 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Dahlia Lithwick speaks to Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Jill Karofsky for the Slate Amicus podcast.

“Trump campaign paid researchers to prove 2020 fraud but kept findings secret”

February 12, 2023, 7:38 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: Former president Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign commissioned an outside research firm in a bid to prove electoral-fraud claims but never released the findings because the firm disputed many of his theories and could not offer any proof that… Continue reading

North Carolina Supreme Court Schedules March 14 Oral Argument in Rehearing in Harper, the Partisan Gerrymandering Case that Could Moot Moore v. Harper (the Independent State Legislature Case) at SCOTUS

February 10, 2023, 10:09 amlegislation and legislatures, redistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Here is the order. That gives plenty of time for the North Carolina Supreme Court to do what I expect, which is to reverse the earlier holding that partisan gerrymandering violates the North Carolina constitution, before the Supreme Court… Continue reading

“The Congressional Fundraising Treadmill”

February 10, 2023, 9:36 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

New from Issue One:

“Pence Gets Subpoena From Special Counsel in Jan. 6 Investigation”

February 9, 2023, 4:34 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Former Vice President Mike Pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating former President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to cling to his office after he lost his bid for re-election, a person familiar with the matter said… Continue reading

“Pennsylvania voting officials are still fighting election deniers”

February 9, 2023, 3:21 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NPR: It’s been 27 months since President Biden won the 2020 election. But that election continues to haunt officials in the Philadelphia suburb of Delaware County, Pa., who are still dealing with lawsuits alleging election fraud, despite no substantial… Continue reading

My New Paper: “Nonprofit Law as the Tool to Kill What Remains of Campaign Finance Law: Reluctant Lessons from Ellen Aprill”

February 9, 2023, 11:52 amcampaign finance, Supreme Court, tax law and election lawRick Hasen

I have written this draft for a festschrift symposium issue of the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review honoring my dear friend, Loyola Law School professor Ellen Aprill. Here is the abstract: This brief Essay was prepared for a… Continue reading