“Fani Willis, Prosecutor in Trump Georgia Case, Subpoenaed to Testify in Colleague’s Divorce”

January 10, 2024, 6:56 amchicaneryRick Hasen

WSJ: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been subpoenaed to testify in a colleague’s divorce proceeding, according to a court filing, a development that could shed light on claims Willis and the colleague carried out an improper romantic relationship as they… Continue reading

“The Danger of Trump’s Bogus ‘Summary of Election Fraud'”

January 9, 2024, 11:30 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Bill Lueders at The Bulwark: IN A RAMBLING VIDEO POSTED LATE LAST NIGHT, Donald Trump said that he found “tremendous amounts of voter fraud in the 2020 election. We have volumes of information. It’s all there.” Hardly “volumes” and hardly… Continue reading

“Trump allies seek to co-opt coming election-security case to bolster 2020 lie”

January 7, 2024, 12:44 pmfraudulent fraud squad, voting technologyRick Hasen

WaPo must-read: Mike Lindell, the flamboyant pillow magnate, has spent millions promoting the falsehood that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump — a claim that has been roundly rejected by cybersecurity experts, government officials and numerous courts. But… Continue reading

“Michigan Republicans vote to remove chair Kristina Karamo as she promises not to accept result”

January 7, 2024, 12:13 pmchicanery, political partiesRick Hasen

Politico: Michigan Republicans have voted to remove state GOP Chair Kristina Karamo during a meeting Saturday after many of the party’s leaders called for her resignation following a year of leadership plagued by debt and infighting. A large majority of… Continue reading

“In Tense Election Year, Public Officials Face Climate of Intimidation”

January 4, 2024, 7:37 amelection administration, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: The caller had tipped off the authorities in Maine on Friday night: He told them that he had broken into the home of Shenna Bellows, the state’s top election official, a Democrat who one night earlier had disqualified former … Continue reading

Federal District Court Rejects Claims that True the Vote Intimidated Voters in Georgia Election Challenges in Violation of Federal Law; Finds Its Challenge List “Utterly Lacked Reliability”

January 2, 2024, 1:51 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

You can find the court’s 145-page opinion at this link. The court did find that some of TTV’s Catherine Engelbrecht’s testimony was not credible, and that “TTV’s [voter challenge] list utterly lacked reliability. Indeed, it verges on recklessness.” But it… Continue reading

“Trump paid me to find voter fraud. Then he lied after I found 2020 election wasn’t stolen.”

January 2, 2024, 8:08 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Ken Block USA Today oped: Can a steady diet of lies and innuendo overcome the truth? In November 2020, former President Donald Trump asserted that voter fraud had altered the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. The day after the election,… Continue reading

My 2023 Opeds and Commentaries (and Moving 2022 Commentaries to the Archives)

December 29, 2023, 4:36 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Here are the 2023 commentaries, in reverse chronological order: Terrifying Reports About Trump’s Plans for a Second Term Have One Bright Spot, Slate, November 7, 2023 The Supreme Court Needs to Make a Call on Trump’s Eligibility, The Atlantic, September… Continue reading

Breaking: Federal District Court Holds that Georgia’s New Congressional Redistricting Plan Complies with Remedial Order in Voting Rights Case, Rejecting Plaintiffs’ Objections

December 28, 2023, 9:54 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can find the opinion here. The court in a footnote leaves open the possibility that plaintiffs in a new case could make an argument that the failure to create a coalition district under the Legislature’s new plan in… Continue reading

“Here are the redistricting disputes shaping the battle for House control”

December 27, 2023, 7:48 amUncategorizedredistricting, Voting Rights ActSpencer Overton

CBS News: Election Day 2024 may still be 11 months away, but the first stage of the battle over control of the House is underway, with redistricting fights being waged in courtrooms from Louisiana to New York. In… Continue reading

“Judge pledges quick turnaround on Georgia redistricting maps”

December 21, 2023, 7:44 amUncategorizedVoting Rights ActSpencer Overton

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: U.S. District Judge Steve Jones took nearly two years to issue his October order that struck down Georgia’s political maps. He’s working on a far tighter deadline to render his verdict on redrawn congressional and legislative maps.… Continue reading

“Georgia redistricting tests if the Voting Rights Act protects ‘coalition districts’”

December 20, 2023, 7:14 amUncategorizedcoalition districts, Voting Rights ActSpencer Overton

NPR: NORCROSS, Ga. — Anthony Pacheco is Latino, but for the last several years he has worked as a community organizer at the nonprofit Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta. More than once, people have asked him why. “I see a… Continue reading

“Defamed Georgia poll workers who won $148M from Giuliani sue him again”

December 19, 2023, 6:43 amUncategorizedSpencer Overton

WaPo: Lawyers for the two Georgia election workers who won $148 million in damages from former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani last week filed a new lawsuit Monday, asking a federal judge to order him to stop repeating his damaging… Continue reading

Grewal on Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act

December 16, 2023, 10:06 amVoting Rights ActDerek Muller

Andy Grewal (Iowa), forthcoming in the Fordham Law Voting Rights and Democracy Forum, Discriminatory Intent Claims Under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Here is the abstract: This Article addresses a new controversy over whether Section 2 of… Continue reading