“Poll: More Americans now agree political violence may be necessary to right the country”

October 3, 2025, 7:36 ampolitical violenceRick Hasen

NPR: Three in 10 people now say that Americans may have to resort to violence to get the country back on track, according to a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. To be sure, a strong majority disagree with that (70%),… Continue reading

“How Trump’s 2020 election falsehoods are shaping a marquee Georgia race”

October 3, 2025, 7:33 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn his defeat at the ballot box in 2020 is becoming a stark dividing line in the Georgia governor’s race, where Republicans who fractured into warring factionsover the failed push in the state are… Continue reading

“MAGA’s Top ‘Voter Fraud’ Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.”

October 3, 2025, 7:31 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Jacqueline Sweet & Marisa Kabas: Jack Posobiec is very concerned about voter fraud. An influential MAGA voice and prominent conspiracy theorist, he’s perhaps best known for amplifying the 2016 “Pizzagate” conspiracy, which culminated in a man firing a gun… Continue reading

“When may a candidate challenge election rules in federal court?”

October 3, 2025, 7:28 amcampaignsRick Hasen

SCOTUSBlog preview: In federal elections in Illinois, votes by mail are counted until 14 days after the polls close, so long as they are postmarked by election day. Democrats generally favor the rule because they believe that the majority of… Continue reading

“A GOP push to restrict voting by overseas U.S. citizens continues before 2026 midterms”

October 1, 2025, 11:05 amvotingRick Hasen

NPR: For many American citizens living abroad, making sure their ballots are returned correctly and on time hundreds or thousands of miles away, back in the United States, can be tough. But with the 2026 midterm election approaching, U.S. expatriates… Continue reading

Destroying Section 2 in Order to Save It

October 1, 2025, 7:56 amUncategorizedNicholas Stephanopoulos

At first glance, the SG’s brief in Callais seems less radical than those of the appellees and of Louisiana. The latter argue that Section 2 is flatly unconstitutional, while the SG’s brief merely recommends modifying the Gingles framework in certain respects. The Gingles framework certainly isn’t… Continue reading

“Why K Street is now living in fear of Trump’s retribution campaign”

October 1, 2025, 7:40 amauthoritarian threats in US, lobbyingRick Hasen

Politico: Donald Trump’s attempt to jawbone Microsoft into firing former Biden DOJ official Lisa Monaco as a top D.C. operative has put K Street on high alert about who they hire. Much of the private sector is paralyzed by Trump’s… Continue reading

“An Expert-Sourced Measure of Judicial Ideology”

October 1, 2025, 7:38 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Kevin Cope has written this article for Political Analysis. Abstract: This article develops the first dynamic method for systematically estimating the ideologies and other traits of nearly the entire federal judiciary. The Jurist-Derived Judicial Ideology Scores (JuDJIS) method derives from… Continue reading

“Federal judge rejects racial gerrymandering challenge to NC Senate map”

September 30, 2025, 3:40 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

News and Observer: A federal judge upheld North Carolina’s Senate map Tuesday, rejecting claims that Republican lawmakers had illegally drawn the districts to dilute the voting power of Black voters. Challengers to the map argued that it split up Black… Continue reading

“Exclusive: Nevada’s acting US Attorney urged voter fraud probe to help Republicans, document shows”

September 30, 2025, 3:15 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Reuters: Nevada’s top federal prosecutor has asked the FBI to investigate debunked Republican claims about voter fraud in the 2020 election, a probe she hopes will influence congressional races and ensnare Democrats, according to a government document seen by Reuters.… Continue reading

Norm Ornstein: “Will Our Corporate Media Godzillas Have the Guts to Defend Democracy?”

September 30, 2025, 11:11 amauthoritarian threats in US, cheap speech, First Amendment theoryRick Hasen

Norm in TNR: So I am not surprised now to see that broadcasters—in an era when there has been much more concentration of ownership, when the technology has made the business models more fraught—have shown no commitment to anything resembling… Continue reading

“Trump posts vulgar deepfake slam of Democratic leaders after White House meeting”

September 30, 2025, 10:49 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: If a government shutdown wasn’t already exceedingly likely, President Donald Trump might have made it a near certainty Monday night. The president posted a vulgar AI-generated deepfake video to his Truth Social slamming the top Democratic leaders — Senate… Continue reading

“‘There could very well be consequences’: Trump’s team pressures wary GOP lawmakers to draw new maps”

September 30, 2025, 10:48 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Politico: President Donald Trump is ratcheting up pressure on Republicans to redraw congressional maps across the country, going as far as weighing a primary challenge to New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte if she continues avoiding a remapping effort in her… Continue reading

“SCOTUS Spotlight: Oral Arguments in Louisiana v. Callais” (Oct. 16)

September 30, 2025, 10:46 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

FSU Election Law Center: This conference, presented by FSU’s Election Law Center, will be a one-hour teleforum taking place on October 16, 2025, at 12 PM EST. We’ll bring together three panelists and a moderator to dig into the… Continue reading