“Janet Protasiewicz campaign official claims vulgar reason for embedding horses in ads”

February 6, 2024, 11:50 amjudicial electionsRick Hasen

Milwakee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin voters were bombarded with ads last year in the most expensive state court race in U.S. history, but they probably didn’t notice commercials paid for by Janet Protasiewicz’s campaign featured a number of horses. That… Continue reading

“Kari Lake’s leaked recording is causing trust issues in the Arizona GOP”

February 6, 2024, 11:49 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: When Kari Lake speaks to the Republican Party faithful, she’s accustomed to cheers and adulation. But as the Arizona Senate candidate addressed hundreds of the state GOP’s most loyal activists late last month, she was booed so loudly the… Continue reading

Quick note on D.C. Circuit’s rejection of Trump’s immunity claim

February 6, 2024, 9:52 amUncategorizedNed Foley

Rick has linked to the opinion. I note briefly here that the unanimous per curium is a strong vindication specifically of fundamental election law principles. First, the opinions assumes for sake of argument that all of Trump’s conduct alleged… Continue reading

I Spoke to CNN International About the Trump Immunity Ruling and the Upcoming Disqualification Case

February 6, 2024, 9:42 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Watch here:

Keisler and Bernstein: “Trump’s Reply Brief ‘Officer’ And ‘Office’ Arguments Miss The Mark”

February 6, 2024, 8:52 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Peter Keisler and Richard Bernstein, delving deep into Trump’s hypertechnical lead argument: Former President Trump’s reply brief in Trump v. Anderson makes five arguments that if, under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment,… Continue reading

“Municipal campaign spending in California shows no evidence that contribution limits increase independent expenditures”

February 6, 2024, 8:44 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Zoe Klingmann: Critics of campaign finance reform have often argued that contribution limits have unintended consequences: rather than reducing the influence of large donors, they simply lead to more independent expenditures, which are… Continue reading

Breaking: “Federal Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Claim of Absolute Immunity”; Trump Has Only Until Monday to Seek a Stay at SCOTUS

February 6, 2024, 7:47 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected former President Donald J. Trump’s claim that he was immune to charges of plotting to subvert the results of the 2020 election, ruling that he must go to trial on a criminal… Continue reading

“James O’Keefe and Project Veritas settle suit over bogus voter fraud claims cited by the Trump campaign”

February 6, 2024, 7:45 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Ryan Reilly: Conservative provocateur James O’Keefe and his former organization Project Veritas have settled a lawsuit filed by a Pennsylvania postmaster after the group spread a Postal Service worker’s false claims of voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election. A… Continue reading

Trump’s Reply makes Vallandigham even more relevant

February 5, 2024, 9:24 pmUncategorizedNed Foley

Previously, I posted on SSRN an analysis of why Clement Vallandigham is relevant to the question whether Congress must enact a statute to enforce section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment in order to permit a state court to adjudicate if… Continue reading

“Trump Ballot Ban Puts Onus on Supreme Court to Avert Tumult”

February 5, 2024, 6:39 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Greg Stohr for Bloomberg: A historic showdown over Donald Trump’s eligibility to reclaim the White House puts pressure on the US Supreme Court to provide a clear political road map as the nation braces for the prospect of a tumultuous… Continue reading

Travis Crum: “The Fifteenth Amendment’s Relevance to Trump v. Anderson”

February 5, 2024, 1:32 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Travis Crum: One of the many issues in Trump v. Anderson is whether Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment applies today or whether it’s “insurrection or rebellion” language was backward looking and thus… Continue reading

“Larry David” Arrested for Providing Water to Georgia Voter Waiting in Long Line in Fulton County

February 5, 2024, 1:26 pmelection law "humor"Rick Hasen

This is pretty, pretty, pretty good.

“Who Lacks ID in America Today?An Exploration of Voter ID Access, Barriers,and Knowledge”

February 5, 2024, 1:21 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

New report: This report presents results from the first public survey in nearly 20 years focused on who does and does not have various types of government-issued photo identification.This report also sheds new light on the barriers faced by voting-age… Continue reading

Donald Trump Files Reply Brief in Supreme Court Disqualification Case; Briefing Complete, with Oral Argument on Thursday (ELB Live Blog Thursday)

February 5, 2024, 10:53 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

You can read the brief here. I plan to live blog the arguments here at ELB.

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