“Trial Will Test Trump’s Limits of Reaping Political Gain From Legal Woes”

February 16, 2024, 7:43 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: For all their bluster, nobody in Donald J. Trump’s political inner circle actually thinks a criminal conviction will help him with the independent voters and suburban women who lost him the presidency in 2020. But since Mr. Trump was… Continue reading

Feb. 21 Event: “Has Citizens United Undermined Democracy?”

February 16, 2024, 7:36 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

This event in Chicago looks great.

ELB Book Corner: Ann Southworth: “Some Implications”

February 16, 2024, 7:00 amcampaign finance, ELB Book Corner, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I am pleased to welcome Ann Southworth to the ELB Book Corner, author of the new book, Big Money Unleashed: The Campaign to Deregulate Election Spending (Chicago). The discount code for ELB readers is BIGMONEY2023. This is the final… Continue reading

I Spoke to the New Books Network About My New Book, “A Real Right to Vote”

February 15, 2024, 6:01 pmReal Right to VoteRick Hasen

You can listen here.

“A Redistricting Surprise in New York: A Map That Plays Few Favorites”

February 15, 2024, 5:44 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

NYT: When New York’s top court ordered the state to redraw its congressional map late last year, the state’s ruling Democrats were widely expected to exploit the opening to aggressively reshape district lines in their favor. But on Thursday, a… Continue reading

“D.A. Denies Improper Relationship With Special Trump Prosecutor”

February 15, 2024, 5:26 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: A case charging former President Donald J. Trump and his allies with trying to subvert the 2020 election results in Georgia took a detour on Thursday into the details of the prosecutors’ romantic and financial lives — their sleeping… Continue reading

New “Election Science Task Force” Convened by Union of Concerned Scientists

February 15, 2024, 8:53 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Details.

“Ariz. Republican who stood up to Trump after 2020 won’t seek reelection”

February 15, 2024, 8:45 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: After years of violent threats and harassment for accepting the results of the 2020 election in Arizona’s largest county of Maricopa, the Republican who led the Board of Supervisors during the last presidential election said Thursday that he will… Continue reading

Special Counsel Urges Supreme Court to Reject Trump Stay Request to Delay “Election Subversion” Trial on Immunity Grounds, Especially Because It Involves Election Subversion

February 15, 2024, 7:46 amelection subversion risk, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

This footnote in Jack Smith’s filing is particularly interesting and important: A sufficient basis for resolving this case would be that, whatever the rule in other contexts not presented here, no immunity attaches to a President’s commission of federal crimes… Continue reading

“New York hush money case will be first Trump criminal trial, scheduled for March”

February 15, 2024, 7:31 amchicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: A judge said Thursday that jury selection for Donald Trump’s trial would begin on March 25, setting a date with history for what would be the first criminal prosecution of an ex-president — one who also leads the Republican… Continue reading

Gerard Magliocca: “The Electoral Count Reform Act and Section 3”

February 15, 2024, 7:11 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Gerard Magliocca: During oral argument in Trump v. Anderson, many Supreme Court Justices expressed serious reservations about permitting states to enforce Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment against a presidential candidate. These… Continue reading

In Person Washington D.C. “Real Right to Vote Event” Feb. 17 with Sherrilyn Ifill, Jamie Raskin, and Pam Fessler

February 15, 2024, 7:08 amReal Right to VoteRick Hasen

I recently noted some in-person and virtual events to discuss my new book, A Real Right to Vote, out February 20th. (Preorder from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Bookshop, and read the Kirkus Review). Looking forward… Continue reading