Richard Hasen

Los Angeles, Studio City

Professor @UCLA_Law; Director, Safeguarding Democracy Project https://t.co/0QyrTXwnam @rickhasen.bsky.social Election Law Blogger

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Two Supreme Court Justices Invited an All-Out Assault on the Voting Rights Act. Now It’s Here.

3 weeks ago | slate.com | Richard Hasen

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On Wednesday, the Voting Rights Act suffered the second shot in a brutal new one-two punch, and some worry it could lead to a knockout blow at the Supreme Court.
America Needs More Judges Like Judge Myers

4 weeks ago | businessandamerica.com | Richard Hasen

Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration. Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Updated at 5:40 p.m. ET on May 7, 2025When judges act as partisan hacks, it is important to condemn their conduct.
America Needs More Judges Like Judge Myers

1 month ago | theatlantic.com | Richard Hasen

When judges act as partisan hacks, it is important to condemn their conduct. Last month, four Republican Justices on the North Carolina Supreme Court blessed the anti-democratic attempt by fellow Republican judge Jefferson Griffin to subvert the outcome of the November 2024 election for a seat on that same court by throwing out ballots of some North Carolina voters who had followed all the rules.
Riggs v. Griffin North Carolina election fight judge should heed Bush v. Gore.

1 month ago | slate.com | Richard Hasen

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We’re Getting Dangerously Close to a Losing North Carolina Candidate Being Declared the Winner

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Richard Hasen

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The Stagnation, Retrogression, and Potential Pro-Voter Transformation of U.S. Election Law

2 months ago | yalelawjournal.org | Richard Hasen

This Feature describes the stagnation and retrogression of election-law doctrine, politics, and theory, explains why these trends have emerged, and explores how to transform election law in a pro-voter direction. It begins by detailing election law’s stagnation. After a short period of strengthening voting rights, courts (and especially the Supreme Court), acting along ideological—and now partisan—lines, have pulled back on voter protections in most areas of election law.
The ultrarich have reshaped presidential elections. Here’s where they’re looking next.

2 months ago | slate.com | Richard Hasen

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Although it has been more than a decade since judicial and administrative rulings freed the ultrawealthy to contribute unlimited sums to outside political groups, 2024 marked a sea change in the financing of federal elections—and those changes are already spreading to state and local elections, including the upcoming high-stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court race.
Trump’s new executive order requires proof of citizenship to vote. That's a huge problem.

2 months ago | msnbc.com | Richard Hasen

By design, presidents have no power over the conduct of federal elections. President Donald Trump’s recent executive order on election administration aims to flip that, trying to take power from both an independent bipartisan federal agency and from the states, in an affront to principles of federalism. This dangerous power grab signals further democratic backsliding. Most other democracies such as Canada or Australia have a national body that administers national elections.
Judge Merchan’s Plan to Sentence Trump Sends a Courageous But Likely Doomed Message

Jan 3, 2025 | slate.com | Richard Hasen |Jeremy Stahl

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"What Trump's reelection means for his Fulton County criminal case" #ELB

Nov 6, 2024 | electionlawblog.org | Richard Hasen

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#ELB: Plaintiffs seek en banc review of decision saying private parties can’t enforce the VRA https://t.co/ZXXYbQ2fkJ

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#ELB: “Santos’s Treasurer Avoids Prison for Her Role in His Schemes” https://t.co/RiBiTdZ4kb

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#ELB: “Texas’ proof-of-citizenship bill for voters fizzles at end of legislative session” https://t.co/MS8QxfNLLj

Richard Hasen

Articles

Two Supreme Court Justices Invited an All-Out Assault on the Voting Rights Act. Now It’s Here.

America Needs More Judges Like Judge Myers

America Needs More Judges Like Judge Myers

Riggs v. Griffin North Carolina election fight judge should heed Bush v. Gore.

We’re Getting Dangerously Close to a Losing North Carolina Candidate Being Declared the Winner

The Stagnation, Retrogression, and Potential Pro-Voter Transformation of U.S. Election Law

The ultrarich have reshaped presidential elections. Here’s where they’re looking next.

Trump’s new executive order requires proof of citizenship to vote. That's a huge problem.

Judge Merchan’s Plan to Sentence Trump Sends a Courageous But Likely Doomed Message

"What Trump's reelection means for his Fulton County criminal case" #ELB

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