“US Supreme Court won’t review GOP’s Kansas congressional map”

March 28, 2023, 5:29 amredistrictingRick Hasen

AP: The U.S. Supreme Court won’t review a congressional redistricting law enacted by the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature that some voters and Democrats saw as political gerrymandering. The nation’s highest court said Monday without explaination that it won’t hear an appeal… Continue reading

“Trump extends election-rigging myth to his potential criminal charges”

March 28, 2023, 5:28 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: Former president Donald Trump opened the first mega-rally of his 2024 campaign by playing a recording of the national anthem sung by inmates charged in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. In the 90-minute… Continue reading

“Top Republicans balk at Trump highlighting Jan. 6 rioters, calling it politically unwise”

March 28, 2023, 5:27 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NBC News: Top Senate Republicans broke with former President Donald Trump on Monday over his decision to feature video of Jan. 6 rioters at his weekend rally in Texas. Some disagreed with his judgment in playing a video that exalts… Continue reading

“”The Dangerous Journey of John Eastman; How a mild-mannered law professor became the architect of a scheme to overturn a presidential election”

March 28, 2023, 5:23 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Garrett Epps in the Washington Monthly: I reached out to Eastman for an interview, and to my surprise, he accepted gladly. When we spoke on the phone, he was exactly as I remembered—charming, voluble, seemingly candid, eager to engage in… Continue reading

Issue 2 of Fordham Voting Rights and Democracy Forum Now Available

March 28, 2023, 5:10 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Here: Current Issue: Volume 1, Issue 2 (2022) Articles PDF Moore v. Harper and the Consequential Effects of the Independent State Legislature TheoryChase Cooper PDF The Looming Threat of the Independent State Legislature Theory and the Erosion of … Continue reading

“Why Republicans Are So Intent on Destroying ERIC”

March 28, 2023, 5:06 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Michael Morse for Slate: Now right-wing groups are plotting to weaken ERIC and revive Crosscheck’s faulty approach. J. Christian Adams has peddled the false claim that ERIC is a “smokescreen” for Democratic efforts to turn out the vote, which… Continue reading

Senate Rules Committee Hearing: “State and Local Perspectives on Election Administration”

March 28, 2023, 5:03 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Hearing today will be livestreamed.

Census to Release Data on Differential Privacy Method

March 27, 2023, 6:28 pmUncategorizedNicholas Stephanopoulos

In response to a FOIA lawsuit brought by Harvard Law School’s Election Law Clinic on behalf of Columbia political scientist Justin Phillips, the Census Bureau announced today that it will release the data needed to assess the performance of the… Continue reading

April 4 Free Online Webinar from Safeguarding Democracy Project: “Confronting the Insider Threat on Election Security and Protecting Election Officials” with Judd Choate and Liz Howard

March 27, 2023, 7:00 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

I’m very much looking forward to this final event for the UCLA Law Safeguarding Democracy Project’s spring webinar series. Join us on April 4 at noon pacific time! (Free registration required.)

“Issue One and the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund publish new report calling for key election investment and reforms”

March 27, 2023, 6:31 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Release: Today, Issue One and the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund released a new report that outlines thirteen steps the federal government and state legislatures should take to make our elections stronger and more secure going… Continue reading

“Loyola-L.A. Hosts Festschrift, Symposium, And Celebration To Honor Ellen Aprill”

March 27, 2023, 6:24 amelection law biz, tax law and election lawRick Hasen

It was a delight to participate in this event honoring my friend and colleague, Ellen Aprill: Loyola-L.A. hosted a festschrift, live symposium, and celebration to honor Ellen Aprill (Loyola-L.A.; Google Scholar) yesterday: Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer (Notre Dame; Google Scholar… Continue reading

“Did voter fraud kill Edgar Allan Poe?”

March 27, 2023, 6:15 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: He’s our reigning master of the macabre, whose ghostly imagination still transports us to the eeriest of places. But one of Edgar Allan Poe’s darkest stories didn’t come from his pen. It’s the haunting mystery of his own death.… Continue reading

“Another political hush-money case offers clues to a possible Donald Trump defense”

March 27, 2023, 6:13 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Fredreka Schouten for CNN: Americans have heard the story before: A lurid tale of a presidential candidate accused of arranging hush-money payments to conceal an alleged affair. But if former President Donald Trump is indicted by a Manhattan grand jury… Continue reading

“Trump Puts His Legal Peril at Center of First Big Rally for 2024”

March 26, 2023, 10:14 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Former President Donald J. Trump spent much of his first major political rally of the 2024 campaign portraying his expected indictment by a New York grand jury as a result of what he claimed was a Democratic conspiracy to… Continue reading