Ed Whelan is Right

March 1, 2024, 7:31 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

From the “words I never expected to write” department, this observation seems spot on and it should have occurred to me when I read the Court’s order setting the Trump immunity case for a hearing (via Jonathan Adler): UPDATE: … Continue reading

“Pace of Supreme Court Immunity Case Shadowed by Looming Election”

March 1, 2024, 7:28 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Adam Liptak for the NYT: “There comes a point,” Justice Felix Frankfurter wrote in 1949, “where this court should not be ignorant as judges of what we know as men.” The Supreme Court’s decision on Wednesday to schedule arguments… Continue reading

“In North Carolina, vote will be a test of new, tighter election laws — and of voters’ faith”

March 1, 2024, 7:24 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

USA Today: On the last Sunday of February, a sea of sharp suits and dresses flowed out of St. Joseph AME Church. Worship was over, but early balloting in North Carolina’s primary election was still open. It was time to… Continue reading

“Indiana Legislature approves bill adding additional verification steps to voter registration”

March 1, 2024, 7:14 amvoter id, voter registrationRick Hasen

AP reports.

“Can the RNC bail out Trump’s legal bills? Probably not.”

March 1, 2024, 7:12 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Politico reports.

I Joined “Think” on KERA to Talk About My New Book, “A Real Right to Vote”

February 29, 2024, 4:40 pmReal Right to VoteRick Hasen

Listen here: As the Supreme Court has chipped away at the Voting Rights Act, renewed calls have been made for ways to protect all Americans’ right to vote. Richard L. Hasen is professor of law and political science at UCLA… Continue reading

“Will the timing of the Supreme Court’s Trump case mean no trial before the election?”

February 29, 2024, 3:03 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Nina Totenberg reports for NPR.

“Red State AGs Keep Trying to Kill Ballot Measures by a Thousand Cuts”

February 29, 2024, 2:44 pmdirect democracy, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Bolts: When a coalition of voting rights activists in Ohio set out last December to introduce a new ballot initiative to expand voting access, they hardly anticipated that the thing to stop them would be a matter of word choice. But… Continue reading

Watch Archived Video of My Conversation with Campaign Legal Center’s Trevor Potter About My New Book, “A Real Right to Vote”

February 29, 2024, 2:42 pmReal Right to VoteRick Hasen

So enjoyed this conversation:

“NY Gov. Approves Bill Directing Redistricting Suits to NY’s Major Metropolitan Courts”

February 29, 2024, 2:40 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Law.com: An amended bill that limits New Yorkers to filing redistricting lawsuits in Manhattan and Albany, Westchester and Erie counties was signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday, after the Assembly approved it earlier in the day, while the… Continue reading

“The Power of the Electorate Under State Constitutions”

February 29, 2024, 2:38 pmvotingRick Hasen

Josh Douglas has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Florida Law Review). Here is the abstract: Voters are special. They are the foundation of our constitutional democracy. Everything starts with the voter. State constitutions, too, are special, as the recent… Continue reading

“Ranked-Choice Voting is MAGA’s Latest Target; Leonard Leo and other far-right power players are attacking a bipartisan election reform.”

February 29, 2024, 11:19 amalternative voting systems, political polarizationRick Hasen

Brendan Fischer writes for Documented (here’s the version at Rolling Stone): An organized and well-funded network of right-wing groups is spending countless millions attacking a bipartisan election reform that could threaten the MAGA political project. Ranked-choice voting — which… Continue reading

“Pennsylvania Plans Task Force to Combat Election Disruptions”

February 29, 2024, 7:45 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: As a fall rematch between President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump becomes increasingly likely, the Democratic governor of Pennsylvania is announcing an Election Threats Task Force, a federal-state partnership, in the critical battleground state. The task force,… Continue reading

“The US is bracing for complex, fast-moving threats to elections this year, FBI director warns”

February 29, 2024, 7:40 amcampaigns, cheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

AP: The United States expects to face fast-moving threats to American elections this year as artificial intelligence and other technological advances have made interference and meddling easier than before, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday. “The U.S. has confronted foreign… Continue reading