“Missoula Republicans use Joseph Stalin quote to recruit election judges”

March 6, 2024, 1:01 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NBC Montana: Missoula County Republican Central Committee quoted Joseph Stalin in a section of their website recruiting election judges. Number four of their eight-step guide reads, “If you found the results of the 2020 elections dubious, you’re not alone. We… Continue reading

“Mark Harris is GOP’s 8th District nominee six years after election fraud prompted do-over”

March 6, 2024, 12:58 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Charlotte Observer: Mark Harris on Tuesday won the Republican nomination in North Carolina’s 8th Congressional District six years after a ballot-harvesting scandal resulted in an election do-over…. Political operative McCrae Dowless, who worked for Harris in his campaign for NC’s… Continue reading

I Spoke to Jon Weiner for The Nation’s Podcast on My New Book, “A Real Right to Vote”

March 6, 2024, 12:26 pmReal Right to VoteRick Hasen

You can listen here. It was a great conversation.

“Mitch McConnell Endorses Trump, Whom He Once Denounced”

March 6, 2024, 11:12 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Three years after delivering a scorching denouncement of Donald J. Trump after the Jan. 6 riot, Senator Mitch McConnell endorsed him for president on Wednesday, illustrating Mr. Trump’s power to bend the Republican Party to his will as he… Continue reading

LOL

March 6, 2024, 10:51 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Supreme Court will hear Trump immunity appeal on the last day of the argument term, April 25. Earlier: It’s Past Time to Quit Hoping the Courts Are Going to Stop Trump.

“This Could Well Be Game Over”

March 6, 2024, 7:38 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Tom Edsall NYT column: While the Supreme Court ruling on Monday that states cannot bar Donald Trump from appearing on their presidential ballots garnered a lot of attention, the more politically consequential decision came on Feb. 28, when the court … Continue reading

“Feds accuse Sen. Bob Menendez and wife of lying about bribe money, Mercedes-Benz in new indictment”

March 6, 2024, 7:34 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico reports.

“Thurgood Marshall Institute Releases Brief Examining State Control of Black Political Power in Local Communities”

March 6, 2024, 7:31 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

LDF Release: Last week, the Legal Defense Fund’s (LDF) Thurgood Marshall Institute released a new research brief, When the State Takes Over: How State Officials Usurping Local Control Threatens Local Black Political Power, authored by Senior Researcher Dr. Sandhya… Continue reading

Balkinization Symposium on My Book, “A Real Right to Vote,” Opens with Michael Waldman’s Expanding Our Constitutional Imagination

March 6, 2024, 7:27 amReal Right to VoteRick Hasen

I’m very grateful to Jack Balkin for hosting a symposium over the next week or so on my new book, A Real Right to Vote. I’m especially honored by the distinguished contributors: Bruce Cain (Stanford), Wilfred Codrington III (Brooklyn), Alex… Continue reading

Is the internal dispute in Trump v. Anderson a tempest in a teapot?

March 6, 2024, 6:39 amSupreme CourtDerek Muller

The more I try to parse out the dispute between the majority’s Part II-A of its opinion (and other language) and the opinion concurring in the judgment in Trump v. Anderson, the less confident I am that I understand… Continue reading

My New One at Slate: “The Supreme Court Just Delivered a Rare Self-Own for John Roberts”

March 5, 2024, 3:25 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: The Supreme Court’s unsigned majority opinion in Trump v. Anderson, ending Colorado’s attempt to disqualify Donald Trump from appearing on the ballot as an insurrectionist, is a remarkable self-own. It… Continue reading

“Trump-allied election groups burned through millions with no evidence of widespread fraud”

March 5, 2024, 1:32 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNBC: Several groups founded by allies of former President Donald Trump to combat alleged “voter fraud” now have little money or results to show for their efforts. Trump’s false claims that he lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden… Continue reading