March 20 Virtual Event: “The Missing Constitutional Right”

January 24, 2024, 5:52 pmReal Right to VoteRick Hasen

Brennan Center: The right to vote is one of the foundations of democracy, yet in the United States, it has never truly been available to all. Generations have seen different versions of the same conflict: disenfranchised groups of people… Continue reading

Feb 8-9 Event: “The Promise and Limits of State Constitutions”

January 24, 2024, 5:48 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Brennan Center: For much of the past century, the U.S. Supreme Court was the primary guardian of civil rights and liberties. In many areas the Court is now backing away from that role, and legal scholars and citizens alike are… Continue reading

“As Supreme Court weighs Trump’s eligibility, the ‘10th justice’ stays mum”

January 24, 2024, 5:46 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Politico: As the Supreme Court prepares to hold arguments next month on Donald Trump’s eligibility to run for president, there’s one viewpoint it hasn’t heard: the Biden administration’s. In most high-stakes cases with serious implications for the federal government, the… Continue reading

Feb. 1 Voting Rights Symposium at University of St. Thomas in Minnesota

January 24, 2024, 5:41 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Looks like some good panels here.

“A Partisan Solution to Partisan Gerrymandering: The Define–Combine Procedure”

January 24, 2024, 10:22 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Maxwell Palmer, Benjamin Schneer and Kevin DeLuca in Political Analysis. Abstract: Redistricting reformers have proposed many solutions to the problem of partisan gerrymandering, but they all require either bipartisan consensus or the agreement of both parties on the… Continue reading

“Trump: The Political Threats Will Stop … When You Agree With My Lies”

January 24, 2024, 10:21 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Rolling Stone: AT THE START of this election year, Donald Trump spoke of “bedlam” breaking out if criminal prosecutions prevent him from retaking the White House. But the chaos the former president is threatening isn’t an abstraction. It’s already… Continue reading

“Law School Lounge Podcast”

January 24, 2024, 8:02 amUncategorizedNicholas Stephanopoulos

Dan Tokaji and I did this podcast about our election law casebook (also edited by Rick Hasen and, formerly, Dan Lowenstein). We covered a range of topics including democratic theory, voting, redistricting, and campaign finance. Thanks to our publisher, Carolina… Continue reading

“Full Appeals Court Spurns Request by Trump to End Gag Order in Election Case”

January 24, 2024, 7:33 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: The full federal appeals court in Washington on Tuesday rejected former President Donald J. Trump’s bid to lift a gag order imposed on him in the criminal case in which he stands accused of trying to subvert the results… Continue reading

“Most N.H. GOP primary voters say Trump fit for presidency even if convicted”

January 24, 2024, 7:32 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: Early exit polling in New Hampshire shows just how much former president Donald Trump’s falsehoods about the 2020 election — and his continued accusations about the legal cases against him being politically based — have taken root in his… Continue reading

“Conservative Appeals Judges Question Felon Voting Ban Claims”

January 24, 2024, 7:28 amfelon votingRick Hasen

Bloomberg Law: Conservatives on the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit seemed skeptical of ruling for convicted felons seeking to declare a lifetime voting ban in Mississippi cruel and unusual punishment under the US Constitution. Republican appointees on… Continue reading

“No Labels Sued by New York Donors Claiming ‘Bait and Switch'”

January 24, 2024, 7:24 amthird partiesRick Hasen

NYT: Two members of the powerful Durst real estate family in New York have sued the centrist group No Labels, accusing it of pulling a “bait and switch” by seeking donations for a bipartisan governing group and then moving to… Continue reading

“How Joe Biden won a write-in campaign after skipping New Hampshire’s primary”

January 24, 2024, 7:22 amballot accessRick Hasen

USA Today reports.

Feb. 7 Brookings Event: “Assessing the Impact of Generative AI and Other Online Threats in a Historic Election Year”

January 24, 2024, 7:20 amcampaigns, cheap speechRick Hasen

Check this out. Great lineup.

“Florida rejects books on voting, Tuskegee airmen for museum’s storytime”

January 23, 2024, 5:41 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Sun Sentinel: Florida’s Department of State tossed out the entire slate of books recommended by the civil-rights Grove Museum for the first six months of its 2024 monthly storytime program for young children, including books on voting rights and Black… Continue reading