The Horrific Second Assassination Attempt Against Donald Trump Deserves Everyone’s Condemnation

September 16, 2024, 6:41 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

As with the first assassination attempt on President Trump, I condemn in the strongest possible way the second attempted assassination which occurred on Sunday. We must solve our disagreements through the democratic process not through political violence. And we must… Continue reading

Blockbuster NYT Reporting from Jodi Kantor and Adam Liptak Reveals Key Details on Trump v. Anderson, the Trump Immunity Case, and the Fischer Obstruction Case, Showing a Conservative Majority Less Willing to Compromise

September 15, 2024, 9:34 amelection subversion risk, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

This reporting is remarkable, not only for its substance but for the fact that so much inside information has been leaked. (This is the biggest leak since the leak of the draft Dobbs abortion decision, although this of course is… Continue reading

“Elon Musk’s pro-Trump super PAC ramps up swing state operations”

September 15, 2024, 9:18 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

WaPo: A super PAC that Elon Musk helped create has ramped up spending on behalf of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in recent weeks, splashing out millions of dollars primarily in swing states. The burst of activity adds to the… Continue reading

“Georgia Women, Caught Up in a Flood of Suspicion About Voting”

September 15, 2024, 9:14 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT feature.

“New state law gives Letitia James power over NY’s closest election contests”

September 15, 2024, 9:10 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Joe Burns NY Post oped on the new NYS voting rights act coming online.

“Republicans Don’t Want to Talk About Jan. 6. Trump Can’t Help Himself.”

September 14, 2024, 11:15 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: When a moderator asked Donald J. Trump about Jan. 6, 2021, at the presidential debate, the former president slipped immediately into a now-familiar revisionist history of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. He falsely claimed that he had nothing… Continue reading

“Fontes asks Mayes to explain how AZ can implement reinstated voter registration law”

September 14, 2024, 11:12 amelection administration, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Arizona Mirror: Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes wants Attorney General Kris Mayes to provide elections officials guidance on how Arizona can enforce part of a voter registration law that the U.S. Supreme Court recently allowed to go into… Continue reading

“Georgia’s lieutenant governor won’t be charged in election interference case”

September 14, 2024, 11:08 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

AJC: A state prosecutor on Friday announced he would decline to pursue criminal charges against Lt. Gov. Burt Jones regarding his efforts to aid Donald Trump as the former president sought to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. After spending five… Continue reading

“Appeals court puts U.S. election bets on hold mere hours after a judge allowed it”

September 13, 2024, 4:57 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

AP: Just hours after it began, legal betting on the outcome of U.S. Congressional elections has been put on hold by a federal appeals court. The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an order Thursday… Continue reading

“The Klan Act: Legal Liability for Political Violence”

September 13, 2024, 4:47 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Richard Primus: On Oct. 30, 2020, just days before the U.S. presidential election, a Biden-Harris campaign bus was traveling along Interstate 35 between Austin and San Antonio when a group of Trump supporters in cars and trucks—a “Trump Train”—surrounded … Continue reading

“Trump’s former lawyer asks SCOTUS to put Green Party’s Stein on Nevada’s ballot”

September 13, 2024, 4:44 pmballot access, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Chris Geidner reports at Law Dork.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court, on 4-3 Vote, Kicks on Technical Grounds Suit to Try to Get Undated and Misdated But Timely Mail-In Ballots Counted

September 13, 2024, 1:34 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

I had been flagging this case as a potential first U.S. Supreme Court test for the independent state legislature theory post-Moore v. Harper. But the PA Supreme Court rejected the case because the plaintiffs did not sue all of Pennsylvania’s… Continue reading

“How Trump is relying on a racist conspiracy theory to question election results”

September 13, 2024, 10:19 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NPR reports.

“Connecticut Ballot Measure Could Make Voting More Inclusive”

September 13, 2024, 9:37 amabsentee ballots, voters with disabilitiesRick Hasen

Bolts: In 2020, as the world grappled with a deadly global pandemic, Connecticut officials lifted restrictions limiting who can vote by mail, allowing every citizen in the state to obtain an absentee ballot. The results were historic: More than… Continue reading