“Rep. Scott Perry played key role in promoting false claims of fraud”

June 23, 2022, 9:45 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: Of all the fantastical false claims of fraud and vote manipulation in the 2020 presidential election, “Italygate” was one of the most extreme. And Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) was at the heart of bringing it to Donald Trump’s attention.This… Continue reading

“Wisconsin election investigator says he deleted records”

June 23, 2022, 9:34 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

AP: The former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice hired to investigate President Joe Biden’s victory in the battleground state testified Thursday that he routinely deleted records, and deactivated a personal email account, even after receiving open records requests.Michael Gableman testified… Continue reading

Letter of the Day (Mo Brooks Seeking Pardons for Republican Members of Congress Who Supported Election Subversion in 2020)

June 23, 2022, 4:44 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Oh my: Just wow. https://t.co/oM9dpXOPnG— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) June 23, 2022

Opposition to Louisiana’s Request for a Supreme Court Stay in Redistricting Case Now Posted

June 23, 2022, 4:13 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

You can find them here and here.

“This is What Nine Years Without the Voting Rights Act Looks Like”

June 23, 2022, 3:39 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Ryan Suto at FairVote: Without the protection of the Act, shredded by the Court in 2013, 21 states enacted new voting restrictions ahead of the 2016 election, and since the 2020 election at least 18 states have passed new… Continue reading

“Donald Trump attorney coordinated with Ron Johnson to pass false elector document to Mike Pence”

June 23, 2022, 2:25 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Wisconsin State Journal: A former Dane County judge who legally represented President Donald Trump coordinated with U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson to pass documents falsely stating Trump won Wisconsin to then-Vice President Mike Pence as Pence was set to confirm Joe… Continue reading

Livetweeting Today’s January 6 Hearing

June 23, 2022, 12:02 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

The thread starts here.

“Liz Cheney Encourages Wyoming Democrats to Change Parties to Vote for Her”

June 23, 2022, 11:49 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: Representative Liz Cheney, a Republican of Wyoming whose polling remains far behind her Trump-endorsed primary challenger as her House committee’s Jan. 6 hearings continue, is urging Democrats in her home state to switch parties to support her in… Continue reading

“As Midterms Loom, Elections Are No Longer Top Priority for Meta C.E.O.”

June 23, 2022, 10:53 amcheap speechRick Hasen

NYT: Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, made securing the 2020 U.S. election a top priority. He met regularly with an election team, which included more than 300 people from across his company, to prevent misinformation from spreading on the social… Continue reading

“Federal Authorities Search Home of Trump Justice Dept. Official” (Jeffrey Clark)

June 23, 2022, 10:39 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Federal investigators descended on the home of Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official, on Wednesday in connection with the department’s sprawling inquiry into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to people familiar with the matter.It remained… Continue reading

“When Your Vote Doesn’t Matter, Try Switching Ballots”

June 23, 2022, 8:59 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Jonathan Robinson and Sean Trende in the Atlantic: Pundits and voters of all stripes lament just how extreme, polarized, and ideological American politics has become. But such grievances rarely come with advice for how ordinary people can address this… Continue reading

Does Today’s Second Amendment Decision Affect the First Amendment and thus Election Law?

June 23, 2022, 8:48 amUncategorizedNed Foley

In his opinion for the Court in the NY gun case, Justice Thomas says that means-ends inquiry will not be part of Second Amendment analysis. On page 15 of his opinion, he goes on to say that this… Continue reading

“America is about to meet Jeffrey Clark, the one DOJ official willing to do Trump’s coup”

June 23, 2022, 7:18 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Ben Jacobs for Vox: Much of what we know about Clark’s actions comes from a deposition from his former colleague Richard Donoghue, who was also acting assistant attorney general. Clark first approached his boss, acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, in… Continue reading

Supreme Court Holds that North Carolina’s Legislative Leaders May Intervene in Lawsuit Over State’s Voter ID Law

June 23, 2022, 7:06 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Justice Gorsuch wrote the opinion for 8 Justices, with Justice Sotomayor the lone dissenter. Key line from the majority opinion which seems right to me: Instead and as we have seen, where a State chooses to divide its sovereign authority… Continue reading