Sept. 12 Webinar at U Minn: “The Threats to the 2024 Elections”

September 6, 2024, 7:39 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Looking forward to participating in this conversation at the Humphrey School (free registration required): Description Can the United States continue to conduct free and fair elections? Richard Hasen, the Gary T. Schwartz Endowed Chair in Law and Director of the… Continue reading

“National Religious Broadcasters Association Files Johnson Amendment Challenge”

September 6, 2024, 7:20 pmtax law and election lawRick Hasen

Release: The National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) association—a nonpartisan, international association of Christian communicators whose member organizations represent hundreds of millions of listeners, viewers, and readers—has joined with First Baptist Church Waskom (Waskom, Texas), Intercessors for America (Purcellville, Va.), and… Continue reading

Amicus Brief About Ohio Ballot Board’s Deceptive Language

September 6, 2024, 12:30 pmUncategorizedNicholas Stephanopoulos

Ned Foley, Ruth Greenwood, David Niven, Dan Tokaji, and I filed this amicus brief today, exclusively in our personal capacities, arguing that the Ohio Ballot Board’s summary of Ohio’s anti-gerrymandering initiative is deeply misleading. While the initiative would be one… Continue reading

“Judge delays Donald Trump’s sentencing in hush money case until after November election” (Link to Court’s Letter)

September 6, 2024, 10:31 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

AP: A judge agreed Friday to postpone Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case until after the November election, granting him a hard-won reprieve as he navigates the aftermath of his criminal conviction and the homestretch of his presidential… Continue reading

Courts Order RFK Jr. Off the Ballot in Michigan and North Carolina

September 6, 2024, 9:49 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Michigan North Carolina There may be further appeals.

“Sec of State LaRose says it’s easy to vote in Ohio, but critics say he’s making it more difficult”

September 6, 2024, 9:43 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Ohio Capital Journal: Secretary of State Frank LaRose is fond of saying that “it’s easy to vote and hard to cheat” in Ohio elections. But his recent — and not-so-recent — conduct seems to contradict both halves of that formulation,… Continue reading

“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abandons plan to seek votes in uncompetitive states”

September 6, 2024, 9:03 amballot access, third partiesRick Hasen

WaPo: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent presidential candidate who recently endorsed Donald Trump, called on his supporters Thursday to vote for the Republican nominee no matter where they live, reversing instructions he gave two weeks ago when… Continue reading

En Banc Sixth Circuit Rejects Challenge to Federal Campaign Finance Rules Limiting Coordinated Spending Between Candidates and Parties, with Strong Hint SCOTUS Will Strike the Limits Down

September 5, 2024, 5:16 pmcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I have been waiting for this issue to get back to the Supreme Court for a while, and this is just the vehicle that could get it there. I don’t expect the Court, if it considers the issue, to uphold… Continue reading

“Evidence in January 6 case against Trump could be released before election under new schedule”

September 5, 2024, 5:13 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

CNN: Judge Tanya Chutkan has set a schedule in the federal election subversion case against former President Donald Trump that will allow prosecutors to release never-before-seen evidence, such as grand jury transcripts, ahead of the presidential election. The deadline for… Continue reading

“Pennsylvania voters can cast a provisional ballot if their mail ballot is rejected, court says”

September 5, 2024, 5:11 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

AP: A court decided Thursday that voters in the presidential battleground of Pennsylvania can cast provisional ballots in place of mail-in ballots that are rejected for a garden-variety mistake they made when they returned it. Democrats typically outvote Republicans by… Continue reading

My Interview on NPR’s Here and Now: “Election expert: It will be harder for Trump to challenge the 2024 election”

September 5, 2024, 11:03 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

You can listen here.

“Chutkan says 2024 election ‘not relevant’ in deciding Trump criminal case timeline”

September 5, 2024, 11:02 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Politico: The imminent presidential election will have no bearing on the schedule of Donald Trump’s criminal proceedings for seeking to subvert the last one, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan vowed Thursday. “The electoral process and the timing of the election… Continue reading

“The Narrow Reach of Targeted Corrections: No Impact on Broader Beliefs About Election Integrity”

September 5, 2024, 9:07 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

John M. Carey et al new paper in Political Behavior. Abstract: Fact-checks have been shown to be effective in correcting specific false beliefs, but do they also cause people to update their broader views about the phenomenon in question? We… Continue reading

“Moore v. Harper, Evasion, and the Ordinary Bounds of Judicial Review”

September 5, 2024, 9:04 amlegislation and legislatures, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

David Gans, Brianne Gorod, and Anna Jessurun have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Boston College Law Review). Here is the abstract: In Moore v. Harper, the Supreme Court confronted head on for the first time the so-called independent state… Continue reading