“Facebook gave 13 newsworthy exemptions to politicians in the past year”

August 26, 2022, 8:46 amcheap speechRick Hasen

WaPo: Facebook gave politicians 13 exemptions to its content-moderation rules over a one-year period because their offending posts were determined to be newsworthy, the company revealed Thursday in a series of quarterly reports on its moderation practices.The company also said… Continue reading

“Wyoming Looks to Limit Secretary of State Power After 2020 Election Denial”

August 26, 2022, 7:55 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Interesting development in Wyoming.

“In fiery midterm speech, Biden says GOP’s turned toward ‘semi-fascism’”

August 26, 2022, 7:41 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: President Biden on Thursday night launched a push toward the midterm elections with a fiery speech in Rockville, Md., in which he cast the Republican Party as one that was dangerously consumed with anti-democratic forces that had turned toward… Continue reading

“Democrats Gamble with Ads that Highlight Far Right Candidates”

August 26, 2022, 7:38 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT video interactive.

“Sean Hannity and Other Fox Stars Face Depositions in Defamation Suit”

August 26, 2022, 7:33 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: Some of the biggest names at Fox News have been questioned, or are scheduled to be questioned in the coming days, by lawyers representing Dominion Voting Systems in its $1.6 billion defamation suit against the network, as the… Continue reading

“Earmarks’ future unclear as Republicans split ahead of midterms”

August 26, 2022, 7:30 amlegislation and legislaturesRick Hasen

Roll Call: Potential changes in control of one or both chambers in the midterm elections could put the practice of earmarking federal funds for local projects on the chopping block in the next Congress.The last time Republicans recaptured the House,… Continue reading

“The Limits of Procedure: Litigating Voting Rights in the Face of a Hostile Supreme Court”

August 26, 2022, 7:25 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Carolyn Shapiro has posted this draft on SSRN (Ohio State Law Journal Online). Here is the abstract: This essay is a response to Charquia Wright’s article, Circuit Circus: Defying SCOTUS and Disenfranchising Black Voters, 81 Ohio St. L.J. 405 (2020).… Continue reading

“Regulation of Political Advertising (2022 Edition)”

August 26, 2022, 7:23 amcampaignsRick Hasen

This from Eric Goldman and Rebecca Tushnet looks very useful for those of us who teach campaign law: “This is Chapter 21 of our Advertising and Marketing Law casebook, 6th edition (2022), a chapter we are publishing only online.… Continue reading

“Breaking: Fulton grand jury seeks testimony from Meadows, Trump campaign lawyers”

August 26, 2022, 7:20 amchicaneryRick Hasen

AJC: A Fulton County special grand jury investigating interference in Georgia’s 2020 elections is seeking the testimony of former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell and others next month.Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis… Continue reading

“New Hampshire AG Arrests Small-Town Newspaper Publisher Arrested for Improper Ads”

August 26, 2022, 7:16 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Daily Beast: New Hampshire’s attorney general announced on Thursday that the state had arrested the publisher of a local weekly newspaper in Londonderry earlier this week, alleging she illegally published political ads without properly disclosing them to be ads.Londonderry… Continue reading

“Ex-South Texas mayor acquitted of election fraud conspiracy”

August 25, 2022, 5:33 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

AP: A former South Texas mayor was acquitted Thursday of organized election fraud and illegal voting after an eight-day trial.A Hidalgo County jury deliberated for about six hours Thursday before finding former Edinburg Mayor Richard Molina not guilty of… Continue reading

Watch Archived Video of Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar, “Moore v Harper, the Independent State Legislature Theory and Potential Threats to American Democracy,” with Vik Amar, Derek Muller, Rick Pildes, Carolyn Shapiro, and Franita Tolson

August 25, 2022, 4:20 pmelection subversion risk, legislation and legislatures, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

You can watch the event that I moderated, from UCLA Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project, here:

Watch Archived Video of Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar, “Can Proposed New Congressional Legislation on Counting Electoral College Votes Lessen the Risk of Election Subversion?,” with Norm Eisen, Ned Foley, Rebecca Green, J. Michael Luttig and Janai Nelson

August 25, 2022, 11:27 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

You can watch the event that I moderated, from UCLA Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project, here:

“How a rare voting rights win took two races off Georgia ballots”

August 25, 2022, 11:07 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

AJC reports: An unusual voting rights victory is delaying elections for Georgia’s utility regulators until next year, allowing the Republican-led General Assembly to make new rules for Public Service Commission elections but giving Democrats a better chance to break… Continue reading