“Alaska Rep. Eastman, contending with Red Scare-era disloyalty clause, advances toward trial”

December 7, 2022, 3:02 pmlegislation and legislaturesDerek Muller

Under-discussed story from Alaska Public Radio: In November 1955, the 55 delegates of Alaska’s constitutional convention gathered in Fairbanks, intent on drafting the fundamental document for a new state. But before they began, each member stood and swore an… Continue reading

“The Supreme Court Case That’s All About Donald Trump: Even if it’s not explicitly about him at all.”

November 29, 2022, 8:24 amlegislation and legislatures, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Quinta Jurecic on thie Moore v. Harper case in The Atlantic: Over the past several months, both the litigants and outside parties—known as amici curiae, or “friends of the court”—have filed a mountain of briefs hashing out these issues. These… Continue reading

I Spoke with Isaac Chotiner of the New Yorker About the Risks to Our Elections Following the 2022 Midterms and the Still-Urgent Need for ECA Reform

November 22, 2022, 6:42 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

You can read the extensive Q and A here: I recently spoke by phone with Richard L. Hasen, who is the director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project at U.C.L.A. and an expert in elections law, about what the 2022… Continue reading

Mike Pence Says Trump Told Him He Was Being “Too Honest” in Refusing to Subvert the 2020 Election to Give Trump a Victory over Biden

November 9, 2022, 1:20 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

WSJ adaptation from Pence’s upcoming memoir: Early on New Year’s Day, the phone rang. Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert and other Republicans had filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to declare that I had “exclusive authority and sole discretion” to… Continue reading

“Lawyers Who Advanced Trump’s Election Challenges Return for Midterms”

November 2, 2022, 6:45 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: At least three dozen lawyers and law firms that advanced Donald J. Trump’s failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election are now working for Republican candidates, parties and other groups, filing lawsuits and other complaints that could lay… Continue reading

“Trump lawyers saw Justice Thomas as ‘only chance’ to stop 2020 election certification”

November 2, 2022, 9:02 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Politico: Donald Trump’s attorneys saw a direct appeal to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as their best hope of derailing Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 presidential election, according to emails newly disclosed to congressional investigators.“We want to frame… Continue reading

“Despite Eastman appeal, Jan. 6 committee accesses 8 disputed emails”

October 31, 2022, 7:24 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Politico: Congressional investigators have obtained eight disputed emails that attorney John Eastman — a key architect of Donald Trump’s effort to subvert the 2020 election — had asked a federal appeals court to shield from lawmakers.Eastman revealed in a Sunday… Continue reading

“‘Raise the challenge’: Eastman exhorts poll watchers to build a record”

October 28, 2022, 7:03 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: At a speech last week before prospective GOP poll workers and challengers in New Mexico, former Trump attorney John Eastman urged his allies to file complaints that could form the basis for court challenges to the upcoming midterm and… Continue reading

Judge in John Eastman Case Finds Trump Likely Committed a Crime by Signing False Verification About Voter Fraud in Georgia During 2020 Election Contest

October 19, 2022, 12:02 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

From the court’s order: Four emails demonstrate an effort by President Trump and his attorneys to press false claims in federal court for the purpose of delaying the January 6 vote. The evidence confirms that this effort was undertaken… Continue reading

“The Dark Money Groups Spending Big to Shape the Supreme Court are the Same Groups That Spent Millions Pushing Trump’s Big Lie and Funding Insurrectionists

September 7, 2022, 2:46 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

From the summary of the Accountable.US report: SUMMARY: Judicial Crisis Network, The 85 Fund, and their affiliated groups have spent tens of millions of dollars in dark money to shape the Supreme Court. This largely concealed network of right-wing organizations,… Continue reading

“Conservative Lawyer a Likely Target in Atlanta Trump Investigation, His Lawyer Says; John Eastman, who developed strategies to block certification of the 2020 election, appeared before a grand jury in Atlanta on Wednesday.”

August 31, 2022, 12:06 pmchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: John Eastman, the lawyer who developed strategies to block certification of the 2020 election, is “probably a target” in the criminal investigation into efforts to overturn Donald J. Trump’s election loss in Georgia, one of Mr. Eastman’s lawyers said… Continue reading

“Seizure of Congressman’s Phone Is Latest Sign of Escalating Election Inquiry”

August 10, 2022, 3:24 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: The F.B.I.’s seizure of Representative Scott Perry’s phone this week was at least the third major action in recent months taken in connection with an escalating federal investigation into efforts by several close allies of former President Donald… Continue reading

Donald Trump Is Not Going to Be Disqualified from Running for Office Even If He’s Been Found to Have Illegally Taken Classified Documents, But Congress Could Still Disqualify Him from Running for His 2020 Election Subversion Activities

August 8, 2022, 5:50 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Today in a remarkable development FBI agents raided Donald Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago. The search may be related to classified documents that Trump allegedly took from the White House illegally. (The search could have been about something else, like January… Continue reading

“Trump Lawyer Proposed Challenging Georgia Senate Elections in Search of Fraud; On the day of President Biden’s inauguration, John Eastman suggested looking for voting irregularities in Georgia — and asked for help being paid the $270,000 he billed the Trump campaign.”

August 3, 2022, 5:32 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: John Eastman, the conservative lawyer whose plan to block congressional certification of the 2020 election failed in spectacular fashion on Jan. 6, 2021, sent an email two weeks later arguing that pro-Trump forces should sue to keep searching for… Continue reading

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