Rick Hasen

Very Excited to Announce My New Book Project, “Unbent Arc: The Rise and Decline of American Democracy 1964-2024)” electionlawblog.org?p=152307 I’m very excited to be working on this major project, bringing together my many strands of research on democracy and election law.

Ouch SCOTUS

They could have done something like this in the Trump immunity case and given a chance for the special counsel to take Trump's federal election subversion charges to trial. Expediting cases is a choice

What can go wrong (or right) in the upcoming midterms? Join @jonathandiaz.bsky.social @mattgermer.bsky.social @justinlevitt.bsky.social and Shelby Wayment of @sdpucla.bsky.social @law.ucla.edu for October 13 live/streamed event. Free registration required. @campaignlegal.org @rstreet.bsky.social

#ELB: Cummings: “The Autocratic Legal Playbook” https://electionlawblog.org/2026/cummings-the-autocratic-legal-playbook/

#ELB: “Some Democrats don’t expect to fill a Supreme Court vacancy under Trump” https://electionlawblog.org/2026/some-democrats-dont-expect-to-fill-a-supreme-court-vacancy-under-trump/

#ELB: “Top Democratic Super PAC Raised Record Amount in Third Quarter” https://electionlawblog.org/2026/top-democratic-super-pac-raised-record-amount-in-third-quarter/

#ELB: “Trump sows doubt about mail-in voting while encouraging it, as midterms approach” https://electionlawblog.org/2026/trump-sows-doubt-about-mail-in-voting-while-encouraging-it-as-midterms-approach/

#ELB: “Facing Backlash, Trump Says His Super PAC Will Pay for Taxpayer-Funded Ads” https://electionlawblog.org/2026/facing-backlash-trump-says-his-super-pac-will-pay-for-taxpayer-funded-ads/

#ELB: ACS at UCLA presents: “Perspectives on the Future of Voting Rights Post-Callais” (October 14) https://electionlawblog.org/2026/acs-at-ucla-presents-perspectives-on-the-future-of-voting-rights-post-callais-october-14/

#ELB: The Polarized First Amendment in the Shadow of Citizens United https://electionlawblog.org/2026/the-polarized-first-amendment-in-the-shadow-of-citizens-united/

#ELB: “How Trump Can—and Cannot—Still Mess With the Midterms” https://electionlawblog.org/2026/how-trump-can-and-cannot-still-mess-with-the-midterms/

My new one @slate.com : How Trump Can—and Cannot—Still Mess With the Midterms (gift link) slate.com/news-and-pol...