“A secretive group recruited far-right candidates in key US House races. It could help Democrats”

September 16, 2024, 7:05 amchicaneryRick Hasen

AP: Joe Wiederien was an unlikely candidate to challenge a Republican congressman in one of the nation’s most competitive House districts. A fervent supporter of former President Donald Trump, Wiederien was registered as a Republican until months earlier. A… Continue reading

ELB Book Corner: Bob Bauer: “The Impeachment Process in an Era of Polarization and Expanded Presidential Immunity”

September 16, 2024, 6:48 amconflict of interest laws, ELB Book CornerRick Hasen

I’m pleased to welcome Bob Bauer to the ELB Book Corner, writing about his new book, The Unraveling. Here is the third of three guest posts: In a chapter about impeachment in The Unraveling, I single out the… Continue reading

Watch Archived Video of Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar: “From Here to There How States Can and Should Certify the Results of the 2024 Elections”

September 16, 2024, 6:48 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

You can watch this great conversation, featuring Ben Berwick, Head of Election Law & Litigation Team & Counsel (Protect Democracy), Lauren Miller Karalunas, (Brennan Center for Justice), and Michael Morley (Florida State University College of Law) at this link.

Complimentary copy of new “Every Vote Equal” book available to Election Law Blog Readers

September 16, 2024, 6:48 amelectoral collegeRick Hasen

Readers of the Election Law Blog can receive a complimentary FREE copy of the new edition of Every Vote Equal: A State-Based Plan for Electing the President by National Popular Vote. The book has 1,214 pages, 226 tables, 92 figures,… Continue reading

My Picks for Exemplary Legal Writing in Books (2023) for the Green Bag (Southworth, Biskupic, Vladeck, and Issacharoff)

September 16, 2024, 6:47 ampedagogyRick Hasen

You can read my mini-reviews here from the new 2024 Green Bag Almanac and Reader of Ann Southworth, Big Money Unleashed: The Campaign toDeregulate Election Spending (University of Chicago Press 2023); Joan Biskupic, Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court’s … Continue reading

“Elon Musk Writes, Then Deletes, a Post Musing About Threats to Biden and Harris”

September 16, 2024, 6:44 amchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: Hours after what the F.B.I. called a second attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump, Elon Musk wrote on his social media site — and then deleted — a post suggesting it was odd that nobody had… Continue reading

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