Ned Foley-Ben Ginsberg-Rick Hasen Amicus Brief Warns SCOTUS …
WEBJan 18, 2024 · Thanks to the excellent work of Michael Kimberly and Charles Seidell of the McDermott Firm, Ned Foley, Ben Ginsberg and I have filed this amicus brief supporting neither party in the Trump disqualification case at the Supreme Court. Below is … Continue reading Ned Foley-Ben Ginsberg-Rick Hasen Amicus Brief Warns SCOTUS of Political Instability, Potential Violence, and Voter ...
What happens to election law after the Anderson-Burdick …
WEBFeb 25, 2022 · Why It’s Hard to Muster Even a ‘Meh’ Over Trump’s New York Criminal Trial, Los Angeles Times, April 14, 2024. 2016 Election Fraudster ‘Ricky Vaughn’ Might Finally Be About to Face the Music, Slate, April 1, 2024. The Supreme Court Just Delivered a Rare Self-Own for John Roberts, Slate, March 5, 2024 It’s Past Time to Quit Hoping the Courts are Going to Stop Trump, Slate, March 4 ...
"An Idea for Electoral College Reform That Both Parties Might …
WEBJan 12, 2019 · Republicans generally oppose a national popular vote, which would both undermine them electorally and violate the Founding Fathers’ desire for the presidency to reflect America’s federalist structure as a union of separate states. But here is an argument for Electoral College reform that might actually appeal to conservatives: Simply put ...
Thoughts on Bernie Sanders Complaint Against DNC on Data Access
WEBDec 18, 2015 · Here is Exhibit A, the agreement. The complaint and exhibit basically make the following argument: The agreement between the DNC and the Sanders campaign required the DNC to provide professional services and did not require the campaign to maintain the confidentiality of data. The DNC is the one who revealed the confidential data.
Breaking: Supreme Court Decides Moore v. Harper, Rejecting …
WEBJun 27, 2023 · Democrats Sure Aren’t Acting as If Trump Beating Biden is an Existential Threat to Democracy, Slate, July 10, 2024. Trump Immunity Ruling Will Be John Roberts’ Legacy to American Democracy, Slate, July 1, 2024. The First Amendment Just Dodged an Enormous Bullet at the Supreme Court, Slate, July 1, 2024. That Big Jan. 6 Supreme Court Decision is Not the Big Win for Trump People Think It Is ...
(Rick Hasen) Live-Blogging the Supreme Court's Oral Arguments …
WEBDec 7, 2022 · [This post has been updated.] UPDATE: After almost three hours of oral argument, a divided Supreme Court appeared searching for a middle ground to hold that in really egregious cases state courts can violate the federal constitution when they apply … Continue reading (Rick Hasen) Live-Blogging the Supreme Court’s Oral Arguments in the Moore v. Harper (Independent State Legislature); Now ...
Keisler and Bernstein: "Trump's Reply Brief 'Officer' And 'Office ...
WEBFeb 6, 2024 · The following is a guest post from Peter Keisler and Richard Bernstein, delving deep into Trump’s hypertechnical lead argument: Former President Trump’s reply brief in Trump v.Anderson makes five arguments that if, under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, a President of the United States was an “officer of the United States” or held an “office, civil or military, under the United ...
"Here's how a major ruling on the Voting Rights Act could affect ...
WEBNov 26, 2023 · A ruling this week that private individuals and groups can’t demand enforcement of the Voting Rights Act could have major impact in Louisiana, as the state uses that decision to try to quash a legal challenge to its Republican-drawn congressional maps. The ruling by a federal appeals court in St. Louis created “new and important ...
Rick Hasen, Author at Election Law Blog
WEB3 days ago · Dangerous Times: Trump Chooses Election Denier JD Vance as VP Nominee. July 15, 2024, 1:15 pm authoritarian threats in US, election subversion risk Rick Hasen. NYT on JD Vance: Election denial: He has not committed to accepting the results of this year’s election. “If we have a free and fair election, I will accept the results,” he said ...
“5th Circuit keeps sanctions against Marc Elias in voting case”
WEBJul 3, 2021 · The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Wednesday that it will not drop sanctions it levied in March against famed Democrat lawyer Marc Elias, but it will vacate sanctions against three other Perkins Coie lawyers who were on his team. The court had sanctioned Elias, who became a hero of sorts to Democrats in 2020 battling lawsuits filed …
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