“Trump suggests unauthorized migrants will vote. The idea stirs his base, but ignores reality”

January 10, 2024, 7:02 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AP: Donald Trump is seizing on his party’s frustration with the recent surge of illegal crossings at the southern U.S. border to churn up fears around another top GOP concern — voter fraud. In the final stretch before Iowa’s … Continue reading

January 12 Symposium: “From Barriers to Ballots: Voting Rights Symposium”

January 10, 2024, 6:57 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Great lineup at this NSU Florida symposium.

“Fani Willis, Prosecutor in Trump Georgia Case, Subpoenaed to Testify in Colleague’s Divorce”

January 10, 2024, 6:56 amchicaneryRick Hasen

WSJ: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been subpoenaed to testify in a colleague’s divorce proceeding, according to a court filing, a development that could shed light on claims Willis and the colleague carried out an improper romantic relationship as they… Continue reading

ELB Podcast 5:5: Steve Vladeck: Trump, the Supreme Court and the Shadow Docket

January 9, 2024, 2:24 pmELB Podcast, election subversion risk, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

New ELB Podcast: What are the costs for democracy when the Supreme Court decides cases on the “shadow docket?” Is the Purcell Principle a license for states to act illegally in running elections? What is going to happen with the… Continue reading

“Trump warns of ‘bedlam,’ declines to rule out violence after court hearing”

January 9, 2024, 11:34 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: Republican polling leader Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened unrest if the criminal charges against him cause him to lose the 2024 election. Speaking to reporters after an appeals court hearing in which Trump’s lawyers said he should be… Continue reading

“The Danger of Trump’s Bogus ‘Summary of Election Fraud'”

January 9, 2024, 11:30 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Bill Lueders at The Bulwark: IN A RAMBLING VIDEO POSTED LATE LAST NIGHT, Donald Trump said that he found “tremendous amounts of voter fraud in the 2020 election. We have volumes of information. It’s all there.” Hardly “volumes” and hardly… Continue reading

“Elections and Disinformation Are Colliding Like Never Before in 2024”

January 9, 2024, 10:56 amcheap speech, votingRick Hasen

NYT: Billions of people will vote in major elections this year — around half of the global population, by some estimates — in one of the largest and most consequential democratic exercises in living memory. The results will affect how… Continue reading

“Big 2024 Presidential Election Changes Are Leaving Voters Baffled”

January 9, 2024, 8:33 amprimariesDerek Muller

A striking piece in today’s Wall Street Journal: Iowa Republicans on Monday will caucus to choose a presidential candidate, but Democrats will start to vote by mail and wait weeks for results. In New Hampshire the following week, both… Continue reading

Spring Events from the Safeguarding Democracy Project; All Free But Registration Required

January 9, 2024, 7:45 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Great lineup for the Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA Law: January 23, 12pm – 1pm The Sedition Hunters: How January 6th Broke the Justice System Webinar Register here Ryan J. Reilly (NBC News) in conversation with Richard L. Hasen, Director,… Continue reading

“Violent political threats surge as 2024 begins, haunting American democracy”

January 9, 2024, 7:41 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: Rusty Bowers, a former speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives who played a pivotal role in resisting efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, drove into his neighborhood east of Phoenix the day after Christmas to a spine-chilling… Continue reading

“Federal judge tosses lawsuit challenging Ohio’s voter ID law”

January 9, 2024, 7:39 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Cleveland.com: A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit from left-leaning groups challenging a Republican-backed Ohio law requiring voters to show ID at the polls and altering the state’s early-voting times, among other changes. U.S. District Judge Donald Nugent… Continue reading

“Trump’s Pattern of Pressure to Overturn the 2020 Election”

January 9, 2024, 7:34 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Very useful from the NYT.

“5 ways the Supreme Court may try to defuse its newest Trump bomb”

January 9, 2024, 7:33 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Josh Gerstein at Politico: After years of dodging Donald Trump-related questions, the Supreme Court is now facing the most consequential one of all: Is he an insurrectionist who is barred by the 14th Amendment from running for president? Directly… Continue reading

Roger Stone Cashes in Liars Dividend in a Potentially Deadly Context

January 8, 2024, 4:18 pmcheap speechRick Hasen

Mediaite: Exclusive: Roger Stone Spoke With Cop Pal About Assassinating Eric Swalwell and Jerry Nadler: Weeks before the 2020 presidential election, infamous political operative Roger Stone sat across from his associate Sal Greco at a restaurant in Florida. At the time, Greco was… Continue reading