Richard L. Hasen

Richard L. Hasen is a professor of law and political science at the University of California–Irvine School of Law and is the author of Plutocrats United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of American Elections and The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption.

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Justice Kennedy Still Won’t Rule on Gerrymandering

Richard L. Hasen

June 18, 2018 1:03 PM
Wow, the Supreme Court Actually Made a Good Decision on Election Law

Richard L. Hasen

June 14, 2018 12:31 PM
Sonia Sotomayor’s Dissent in the Big Voter-Purge Case Points to How the Law Might Still Be Struck Down

Richard L. Hasen

June 11, 2018 12:33 PM
Rudy Giuliani May Have Just Implicated President Trump In Serious Campaign Finance Violations

Richard L. Hasen

May 03, 2018 12:17 AM
Scalia’s Legacy Is Stronger Than Ever

Richard L. Hasen

March 28, 2018 5:55 AM
The Supreme Court Is Reconsidering Campaigning at the Ballot Box. Justice Scalia Got It Right the First Time.

Richard L. Hasen

Feb 27, 2018 4:13 PM
The Campaign Finance Loophole That Could Make the Next Russian Attack Perfectly Legal

Richard L. Hasen

Feb 17, 2018 4:08 PM
Donald Trump Will Supercharge Voter Suppression if the RNC Consent Decree Falls This Week

Richard L. Hasen

Nov 27, 2017 2:55 PM
Donald Trump Jr.’s Free Speech Defense Is As Bogus As It Sounds

Richard L. Hasen

July 12, 2017 4:38 PM
Donald Trump’s Voter Fraud Commission Is Itself an Enormous Fraud

Richard L. Hasen

June 30, 2017 12:59 PM
The Supreme Court’s Conservatives May Have Found an Excuse to Uphold Trump’s Travel Ban

Richard L. Hasen

March 20, 2017 9:28 AM
North Carolina’s New Governor Has the Power to Strengthen Voting Rights—if He Moves Fast

Richard L. Hasen

Feb 02, 2017 4:22 AM
Here’s What a Trump Voter Fraud Investigation That’s Actually Investigating Voter Fraud Would Look Like

Richard L. Hasen

Jan 25, 2017 11:31 AM
Donald’s Trumped-Up Nevada Lawsuit Is a Fitting End to a Hateful Campaign

Richard L. Hasen

Nov 08, 2016 4:51 PM
A Court Has Gotten the Trump Campaign to Promise Not to Intimidate Voters on Election Day. That’s Huge.

Richard L. Hasen

Nov 03, 2016 8:02 PM
It Would Be Literally Insane to Try to Steal an Election in the Way Trump Is Alleging

Richard L. Hasen

Oct 17, 2016 5:21 PM
What Happens if Trump Drops Out? Republicans Have a Hail Mary.

Richard L. Hasen

Oct 08, 2016 1:39 PM
Hurricane Matthew Could Have Devastating Consequences for the Election

Richard L. Hasen

Oct 06, 2016 8:28 PM
One Court Might Have Just Revived the Voting Rights Act. At Least in Texas.

Richard L. Hasen

July 21, 2016 9:28 AM
The Real Reason Why Judges Should Keep Quiet About Elections

Dahlia Lithwick and Richard L. Hasen

July 19, 2016 12:54 PM