Rick Hasen

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Professor, UCLA Law; Director, http://SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org; 2020 CNN, 2022 NBC/MSNBC Election Law Analyst; electionlawblog.org

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Wisconsin: “Police in Glendale remove election observers for being disruptive while objecting to ballots” electionlawblog.org?p=144267

Wisconsin: "Police in Glendale remove election observers for being disruptive while objecting to ballots" #ELBelectionlawblog.org Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Election observers showed up at several polling locations in the Milwaukee area Tuesday, and two of them were removed by police in Glendale for being disruptive while objec...

“After controversial court rulings, a Voting Rights Act lawsuit takes an unusual turn” electionlawblog.org?p=144271

"After controversial court rulings, a Voting Rights Act lawsuit takes an unusual turn" #ELBelectionlawblog.org Hansi Lo Wang for NPR: Last Friday, attorneys led by the American Civil Liberties Union let a filing deadline pass at the U.S. Supreme Court, choosing not to ask the justices to review a controversial...

“Major Democratic Donors Devise Plans to Pressure Biden to Step Aside” electionlawblog.org?p=144273

"Major Democratic Donors Devise Plans to Pressure Biden to Step Aside" #ELBelectionlawblog.org NYT: After several days of quiet griping and hoping that President Biden would abandon his re-election campaign on his own, many wealthy Democratic donors are trying to take matters into their own han...

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Here @rickhasen.bsky.social calls bs. electionlawblog.org?p=144245&ref... But of course the fuckery is the point.

No, States Would Not Be Forced to Keep Biden on the Ballot If He's Not the Democratic Party's Nominee from the DNC #ELBelectionlawblog.org I have been seeing stories like this and this citing to a Heritage memo saying that in some states it would be hard for Democrats to list someone other than Biden on the ballot if Democrats nominate s...

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Not an endorsement; just a factual point.

No, States Would Not Be Forced to Keep Biden on the Ballot If He’s Not the Democratic Party’s Nominee from the DNC electionlawblog.org?p=144245

“Virginia certifies John McGuire as primary winner over Rep. Bob Good, who says he’ll seek a recount” electionlawblog.org?p=144235

"Virginia certifies John McGuire as primary winner over Rep. Bob Good, who says he’ll seek a recount" #ELBelectionlawblog.org AP: The Virginia State Board of Elections on Tuesday certified the apparent narrow defeat of Republican Rep. Bob Good, one of America’s most conservative congressmen, to a challenger endorsed by forme...

“Is Trump Now a ‘King’ Above the Law?” electionlawblog.org?p=144237

"Is Trump Now a 'King' Above the Law?" #ELBelectionlawblog.org I spoke with Australian Broadcasting Service’s News Daily podcast. Listen.

“Big wins for Trump and sharp blows to regulations mark momentous Supreme Court term” electionlawblog.org?p=144239

"Big wins for Trump and sharp blows to regulations mark momentous Supreme Court term" #ELBelectionlawblog.org AP: Donald Trump and the conservative interests that helped him reshape the Supreme Court got most of what they wanted this term, from substantial help for Trump’s political and legal prospects to sha...

“Special Counsel Is Said to Be Planning to Pursue Trump Cases Past the Election” electionlawblog.org?p=144241

"Special Counsel Is Said to Be Planning to Pursue Trump Cases Past the Election" #ELBelectionlawblog.org NYT: The special counsel Jack Smith plans to pursue his two criminal cases against former President Donald J. Trump through the election and even up until Inauguration Day if Mr. Trump wins the presid...

“Federal Court Orders Mississippi’s State Legislative Maps to Be Redrawn” electionlawblog.org?p=144243

"Federal Court Orders Mississippi's State Legislative Maps to Be Redrawn" #ELBelectionlawblog.org Release: A federal court has ordered Mississippi to redraw its 2022 state legislative maps in several areas after concluding those maps unlawfully dilute the voting strength of Black Mississippians. C...

No, States Would Not Be Forced to Keep Biden on the Ballot If He’s Not the Democratic Party’s Nominee from the DNC electionlawblog.org?p=144245

Must-read Adam Liptak: “In a Volatile Term, a Fractured Supreme Court Remade America” (Gift Link) electionlawblog.org?p=144220

Must-read Adam Liptak: "In a Volatile Term, a Fractured Supreme Court Remade America" (Gift Link) #ELBelectionlawblog.org Must-read Adam Liptak NYT analysis of the just-completed Supreme Court term: Former President Donald J. Trump had a very good year at the Supreme Court. On Monday, the court ruled that he is substanti...

“Giuliani Disbarred From the Practice of Law in New York” electionlawblog.org?p=144218

"Giuliani Disbarred From the Practice of Law in New York" #ELBelectionlawblog.org NYT: Rudolph W. Giuliani — the former mayor of New York, top federal prosecutor and a longtime ally of former President Donald J. Trump — has been disbarred from the practice of law effective immediat...

In New Supreme Court Social Media Case, Echoes of Citizens United on “AntiDistortion” and the Foreign Campaign Spending Ban, with Implications for Shutting Down Tik-Tok electionlawblog.org?p=144213

In New Supreme Court Social Media Case, Echoes of Citizens United on "AntiDistortion" and the Foreign Campaign Spending Ban, with Implications for Shutting Down Tik-Tok #ELBelectionlawblog.org I want to pick up a point first flagged yesterday by Eugene Volokh from yesterday’s decision in Moody v. NetChoice that could have relevance to new legislation, currently being challenged in court, th...

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Chilling point from @rickhasen.bsky.social on SCOTUS ruling and second Trump term, on today's pod: "You want to know how far this opinion goes? Just wait six months. He's going to get advice as to what his maximal power is. We may find out sooner rather than later how far these powers go."

Frightening @rickhasen.bsky.social take on SCOTUS ruling and second Trump term: "The opportunity for him to commit crime has been vastly expanded...this opinion does a lot of damage to the rule of law." On the pod, we go deep into how SCOTUS has unshackled Trump: newrepublic.com/article/1833...

Supreme Court Shocker Could Give Trump Terrifying Second-Term Powersnewrepublic.com In the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling on Trump's demand for immunity, a leading legal expert explains why there's deep cause for alarm about what he'll be free to attempt if he wins again.

The Supreme Court’s Irresponsible Murkiness Over Whether the President Could Remove His Attorney General by Poisoning Him in the New Trump Immunity Case electionlawblog.org?p=144205

The Supreme Court's Irresponsible Murkiness Over Whether the President Could Remove His Attorney General by Poisoning Him in the New Trump Immunity Case #ELBelectionlawblog.org Under the Supreme Court’s ruling in yesterday’s Trump v. United States case, does an official act clearly within the power of the president to undertake become an “unofficial act” not subject to immun...

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is torture an official act? are war crimes? both are criminal under U.S. law. what happens to presidential command responsibility? also, if POTUS is immune from prosecution, there is no complementarity. the court has made it easier for the ICC to pursue cases ag american presidents.

This is the key point I have been trying to make:

Crucial point @rickhasen.bsky.social makes on this pod: Roberts court is so worried about future, hypothetical incursions on presidential power that it gives the green light to the threat posed to the Constitutional order by Trump that is blaring loud warning signs right now. Must-listen:

“Cash Crunch Squeezes Kennedy Amid Costly Fight for Ballot Spots” electionlawblog.org?p=144198

“Supreme Court’s Trump immunity ruling poses risk for democracy, experts say” electionlawblog.org?p=144201

"Supreme Court’s Trump immunity ruling poses risk for democracy, experts say" #ELBelectionlawblog.org WaPo: In its immunity decision Monday, the Supreme Court emphasized the long-cherished ideal that no one in America is above the law, not even the president. The court’s dissenters and a chorus of cri...

“Ruling Further Slows Trump Election Case but Opens Door to Airing of Evidence” electionlawblog.org?p=144203

"Ruling Further Slows Trump Election Case but Opens Door to Airing of Evidence" #ELBelectionlawblog.org NYT: The Supreme Court’s decision on Monday about executive immunity makes it all but certain that former President Donald J. Trump will not stand trial on charges of seeking to overturn the last elec...

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My new one @Slate: "Trump Immunity Ruling Will Be John Roberts’ Legacy to American Democracy" Is the Supreme Court obtuse or disingenuous? slate.com/news-and-pol...

“How Bad is the Trump Immunity Ruling?” I Spoke with the Slate “What Next?” Podcast electionlawblog.org?p=144191

"How Bad is the Trump Immunity Ruling?" I Spoke with the Slate "What Next?" Podcast #ELBelectionlawblog.org Listen: The Supreme Court has ruled that presidents enjoy “substantial immunity” from prosecution for crimes committed while in office, which includes absolute immunity for “core constitutional duties...

“How Supreme Court Shocker Could Give Trump Truly Terrifying New Powers;” I Spoke with Greg Sargent for the Daily Blast Podcast electionlawblog.org?p=144193

"How Supreme Court Shocker Could Give Trump Truly Terrifying New Powers;" I Spoke with Greg Sargent for the Daily Blast Podcast #ELBelectionlawblog.org Listen: Yesterday the Supreme Court released its shocking new ruling in the case involving Donald Trump’s demand for absolute immunity from prosecution for insurrection-related crimes. The court gave ...

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In a pod discussion today, the great @rickhasen.bsky.social makes a critical point: Roberts' response to the dismissal doesn't even engage at all with Sotomayor's assassination example. (Many more good points from him as well) newrepublic.com/article/1833...

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The Supreme Court ruling on absolute immunity gives the president "something like the immunity that a king in England would have enjoyed," says @rickhasen.bsky.social on this pod. "And that immunity is great power."

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The conservative justices seem to love this trick of faking a remarkable naïveté to argue for profoundly cynical outcomes. It’s not hard to imagine what Trump could do: he’s already dangled the promises of pardons to disrupt prosecutions

My new one @Slate: "Trump Immunity Ruling Will Be John Roberts’ Legacy to American Democracy" Is the Supreme Court obtuse or disingenuous? slate.com/news-and-pol...

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as usual, @rickhasen.bsky.social nails it, capturing the awfulness of john roberts & his decimation of democracy (which is not new) slate.com/news-and-pol...