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Rick Hasen

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Professor, UCLA Law law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profil…; Director, SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org; 2026 CNN Election Law Analyst; electionlawblog.org

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 17h
"Whether he is watching too much Fox News or acting for other reasons, Justice Alito seems to be emotionally unable to rationally examine the actual evidence in the cases before him to see if they support his voter fraud arguments." democracyproject.org/posts/exorci...
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Exorcising Justice Alito’s Voter Fraud Boogeyman
A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 9h
The Supreme Court’s majority gave no reason for its literal life-and-death decision to wipe out an appeals court order issued earlier today and which was, on its face, intended to be temporary in nature. Sotomayor wrote tonight’s dissent. Order and dissent: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
The Court's decision to vacate that stay interferes with the Sixth Circuit's routine administrative handling of a capital case and unnecessarily prevents that court from giving due consideration to Pike's claim. Worse, the Court grants such extraordinary relief solely to allow the State to execute Pike before litigation over her conviction has properly run its course in the lower courts. I see no reason to short-circuit the ordinary process of appellate review, particularly in light of the grave consequences of an erroneous de-cision. Tennessee's desire to expedite Pike's execution by a few days or even weeks cannot outweigh her "fundamentalinterest in [her] own life." Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U. S. 1,
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In capital cases, "[a]ppreciation of our own fallibility, and respect for the judgment of an appellate tribunal," demand caution before "acting irretrievably." Bowersox v. Williams,
517 U. S. 345, 347 (1996) (Ginsburg, J., dissenting). Indeed, this Court often states that it is "'a court of review, not of first view?" McLane Co. v. EEOC, 581 U.S. 72, 85 (2017) (quoting Cutter v. Wilkinson, 544 U.S. 709, 718, n. 7
(2005)). Today, the Court, as it has too often lately, chooses to overlook that principle precisely when it matters most.
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Jon Wiener @jonwiener.bsky.social · 10h
If the midterms are close, "the DOJ could try to get search warrants to seize ballots or to seize voting machines" – and how the Safeguarding Democracy Project is working to advise judicial organizations – @rickhasen.bsky.social @law.ucla.edu on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/46Rwa8Q
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Jon Wiener @jonwiener.bsky.social · 10h
SCOTUS said states could use Trump’s SAVE system, temporarily, to purge voter rolls of people the federal government considers non-citizens. So, what IS the SAVE system & what's at stake for 2028? @rickhasen.bsky.social @law.ucla.edu explains on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/46Rwa8Q
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Jessica Huseman @jessicahuseman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Covering the 2026 elections? We built the thing I wish every election reporter had: one place to ask vetted election officials, lawyers, academics and voting-tech experts the very specific questions that come up on deadline. The Votebeat Expert Desk is free: www.electionexpertdesk.com
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Election Expert Desk - Votebeat Election Expert Desk
Election stories move fast. Election law is technical. Local procedures vary widely. And the loudest voices about voting systems are not always the people who understand them. Votebeat’s Expert Desk i...
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 11h
JUST IN: A federal judge has denied DOJ's effort to obtain Georgia's complete, unredacted voter list, the latest in a string of more than two dozen defeats for the Trump administration in efforts to obtain state voter rolls. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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#146 in United States v. Raffensperger (N.D. Ga., 1:26-cv-00485) – CourtListener.com
ORDER. It is ORDERED that Defendant Raffensperger and Intervenor-Defendant's BVMF's Motions to Dismiss (Docs. 16, 23 ) are GRANTED IN PART as set forth in this Order. Intervenor-Defendants' Common Cau...
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 13h
Come for the @gregstohr.bsky.social scoop. Stay for Justice Alito (again) throwing his spouse Martha under the bus.
Alito said his wife, Martha-Ann Alito, inherited the energy shares. “She wants to hold on to individual stock, and so we have stock holdings in some companies in the oil and gas field,” he said.
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 13h
Listen to @davidakaye.bsky.social @shannimcg.bsky.social and Carrie Levine of @votebeat.org on the Season 8 premiere of the #ELBPodcast soundcloud.com/rick-hasen/e...
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ELB Podcast 8:1 : Election Talk: Media and Social Media in 2026 (Kaye, Levine, McGregor)
How well are national and local media informing voters about how elections are run? What has happened with false election information shared on social media? What lessons can the United States learn
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 13h
#ELB: ELB Podcast 8:1  Election Talk: Media and Social Media in 2026 (Kaye, Levine, McGregor) electionlawblog.org/2026/elb-podcas…
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 13h
There is no one I would trust more to handle the nuance of the SCOTUSblog story in a way that is neither mean nor sands off the rough edges than @jaywillis.net — another SCOTUS writer who I am friends with and greatly respect. His story at Slate is a must read and, ultimately, really sad.
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It Was the Essential Home of Supreme Court News. Now It’s a Joke. What Happened?
How high-stakes poker brought down a pillar of Supreme Court coverage.
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 17h
My new piece at @nyulaw.bsky.social @democracyproject.bsky.social, "Exorcising Justice Alito's Voter Fraud Boogeyman," begins:
Emotions can cause even the smartest among us to lose perspective, and I am afraid that the usually sharp Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has let his apparent panic over phantom voter fraud cloud his judgment in some of the Court’s most recent election cases. As the Court has navigated such cases, including a recent last-minute emergency election case, the good news is that cooler heads have prevailed in rejecting Justice Alito’s analyses as contrary to both the evidence and appellate review standards. Should the Supreme Court face post-election litigation in which claims of voter fraud again play a role, Justices should again respond to Justice Alito’s boogeyman the way parents respond to a child irrationally afraid of the monster under the bed: with calmness, compassion, demonstrable evidence, and a firm grasp on reality.
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 15h
WTAF? This is a real thing (just type "play Minecraft" at America.gov
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Find answers from official government sources and clear next steps for the services you need with America.gov.
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 15h
#ELB: “Trump officials changed forms for overseas voters amid a GOP push to restrict voting” electionlawblog.org/2026/trump-offi…
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 17h
#ELB: My New One at NYU Law’s Democracy Project: “Exorcising Justice Alito’s Voter Fraud Boogeyman” electionlawblog.org/2026/my-new-one…
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 18h
#ELB: “Inside Trump’s plan for the ‘biggest DOJ election observer effort in history'” electionlawblog.org/2026/inside-tru…
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NYU Law Democracy Project @democracyproject.bsky.social · 20h
🚨Elections 2026: A new essay by @rickhasen.bsky.social — "Exorcising Justice Alito’s Voter Fraud Boogeyman" We're publishing daily essays on potential threats to the 2026 election process & mechanisms to manage them Read the full essay here: democracyproject.org/posts/exorci...
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Exorcising Justice Alito’s Voter Fraud Boogeyman
A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.
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NYU Law Democracy Project @democracyproject.bsky.social · 20h
From our new "Elections 2026" essay by @rickhasen.bsky.social — "Exorcising Justice Alito’s Voter Fraud Boogeyman"
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 20h
#ELB: Ohio Senator Louis Blessing on ‘Law and Democracy’ podcast electionlawblog.org/2026/ohio-senat…
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you want to include a catch-all question, why limit it to issues that one side thinks are relevant?
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One thing that’s interesting about this is that it shows that despite insisting the wokes overinterpet everything, conservatives are actually aware of and agree with their critics about how coded racist appeals work, they just like them bsky.app/profile/newr...
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Another data point in the case for a new Administration to shut down DHS and start over on actually effective (and humane) homeland security.
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just wait till he runs for another term in 2028 at age 95
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#ELB: “Trump’s New AI Website Says Biden Won 2020 Election — Then Stops Answering” electionlawblog.org/2026/trumps-new…
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
some ~personal news~ as they say .... I'm writing a second book! I loved writing Lawless & working with One Signal. And I'm having a 💥blast 💥working on ... IDENTIFIED! more info coming, soon(ish)?
Author of LAWLESS and cohost of the Strict Scrutiny podcast Leah Litman's IDENTIFIED, chronicling the paradigm shift in how law and politics approach issues of identity, with right-wing ideology transforming identity-based discrimination into a tactic to restructure government and civic institutions, to position themselves as victims, and to persecute the very minorities those classifications were created to protect, to Alessandra Bastagli at One Signal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in spring 2028, by Amelia Atlas at CAA (world English).
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#ELB: “Corporate Political Spending: A Risk Boards Can No Longer Delegate” electionlawblog.org/2026/corporate-…
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#ELB: “How Senate Democrats can stop Trump from stealing the midterms” electionlawblog.org/2026/how-senate…
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Counterpledge: “We match donors from opposite sides of the Texas Senate race. Matched dollars skip the campaigns and go to charity. Anything unmatched goes to your candidate, as it would have anyway.” electionlawblog.org/2026/counter...
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Counterpledge: "We match donors from opposite sides of the Texas Senate race. Matched dollars skip the campaigns and go to charity. Anything unmatched goes to your candidate, as it would have anyway."...
Fascinating.
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#ELB: Jay Willis Pens Must-Read Piece on the Sad Demise of SCOTUSBlog (Gift link) electionlawblog.org/2026/jay-willis…
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#ELB: Agenda for Conference on Consensus Choice (Condorcet) Voting electionlawblog.org/2026/agenda-for…
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#ELB: “Election denier Kurt Olsen has resigned from DOJ, sources say” electionlawblog.org/2026/election-d…
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#ELB: “A.I. Groups Are Spending Millions to Influence the Midterms” electionlawblog.org/2026/a-i-groups…
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today, Marist's midnight poll drop is from Ohio: Sherrod Brown leads Sen. Husted 51% to 43%. Amy Acton leads Vivek Ramaswamy 50% to 44%. A key stat: 50% *strongly disapprove* of Trump, in Ohio. maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/midter...
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The fact that OAN is reporting this … (a) damn!, and also (b) this sort of thing is very good for democracy because it prepares the most partisan Republicans to understand and (maybe) accept election results that go against them
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 29/09/2026
Another prominent Trump loyalist working on a wide-ranging conspiracy investigation in Florida into President Trump’s political foes has abruptly left the probe, according to people familiar with the matter.
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DOJ probe into Trump foes sees another prominent departure
Kurt Olsen, who previously worked as Trump’s election security czar, resigned from the so-called “grand conspiracy” investigation Monday.
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ba-ba-Ta-ba-ba
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
static.klipy.com
SNL: Dana Carvey as Joe Biden
ALT: SNL: Dana Carvey as Joe Biden
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
C'mon folks. Here's the deal.
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Had to google BFFR
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Federal District Court Blocks DHS Rule That Would Condition State Receipt of Counterterrorism Funding on States Making Changes in How They Run Elections electionlawblog.org/2026/federal...
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Federal District Court Blocks DHS Rule That Would Condition State Receipt of Counterterrorism Funding on States Making Changes in How They Run Elections #ELB
Read the district court opinion.
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Sasha Hupka @sashahupka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: An investigation by Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell found 52 of 60 potential noncitizens flagged by a error-prone federal system known as SAVE are actually citizens. Last week, SCOTUS said President Donald Trump's administration can use the tool. Read: www.votebeat.org/arizona/2026...
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52 out of 60 voters flagged as noncitizens in key Arizona county turn out to be citizens
Maricopa County’s GOP recorder said he had found 60 noncitizens who had cast a ballot. Upon closer investigation, though, the real number is only eight.
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#ELB: AALS October 9 Webinar: “Standing in Election Litigation Post-Bost” electionlawblog.org/2026/aals-octob…
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
C'mon folks. Here's the deal.
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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I read his Reliable Sources newsletter every day. He's hardly in the tank for Trump. That's just BS. And Biden absolutely did hide his physical and cognitive decline from voters. Journalists were right to keep asking about it.
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#ELB: “The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting” electionlawblog.org/2026/the-untold…
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#ELB: “Supreme Court Reauthorizes SAVE Program, but It’s Not as Big a Deal as Some Would Have You Believe” electionlawblog.org/2026/supreme-co…
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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Major u-turn from Justice Alito as Supreme Court reveals he will no longer participate in the big climate change case being argued next week. Previously, the court told NBC News there was no reason for him to step aside despite his earlier recusal in same case.
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's called "courage," Jay.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Whenever you see a pollster or consultant give a take like this, it’s always worth following the money. In this case, Emanuel has paid Anzalone’s firm nearly $300k (maybe more but that’s what I found so far). A consultant class is devouring the Dem Party www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisc...
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Underestimate @RahmEmanuel at your own risk.
He knows how to win. He knows how to fight.
And he knows how to message.
And no one will out work him. Regardless of whether he wins the Democratic nomination in 2028 he will make an impact on the race. You can be sure of that. Don't take your eyes off of him. At the minimum, learn from him.
Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play
Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play
From nytimes.com
6:47 AM • 9/26/26 • 274K Views
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I too had a chance to read an advanced copy of Outed by @timothysw.bsky.social on the life of Walter Jenkins and it is a must-read! (It's relevant to my own book project on the arc of American democracy from 1964-2024). Read it!
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cough…John Roberts did this…cough
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