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.

Jurisprudence

March 28 2018 5:55 AMScalia’s Legacy Is Stronger Than EverRather than fading since his death, it has only grown.Richard L. Hasen

Jurisprudence

Feb. 17 2018 4:08 PMThe Campaign Finance Loophole That Could Make the Next Russian Attack Perfectly LegalRichard L. Hasen

Jurisprudence

July 12 2017 4:38 PMDonald Trump Jr.’s Free Speech DefenseIt’s as bogus as it sounds.Richard L. Hasen

Jurisprudence

March 20 2017 9:28 AMDoes the First Amendment Protect Trump’s Travel Ban?A 9th Circuit judge just gave the Supreme Court’s conservatives an excuse to uphold the president’s bigoted executive order.Richard L. Hasen

Jurisprudence

Jan. 25 2017 11:31 AMTrump’s Voting Investigation Is a Great IdeaAs long as it looks like this.Richard L. Hasen

Jurisprudence

Nov. 3 2016 8:02 PMNot IntimidatedA court has gotten the Trump campaign on the record promising not to intimidate voters on Election Day. That is huge.Richard L. Hasen

Politics

Oct. 8 2016 1:39 PMWhat Happens if Donald Trump Withdraws?The Electoral College would be the Republicans’ Hail Mary.Richard L. Hasen

Jurisprudence

July 21 2016 9:28 AMThe Voting Rights Act Might Get Some Teeth BackThanks to an appeals ruling, Texas’ discriminatory voting laws could end up under federal oversight.Richard L. Hasen

Jurisprudence

Sept. 2 2015 12:36 PMTexas Two-Steps All Over Voting RightsIt says it can make voting as difficult as it wants to, and any law that says otherwise is unconstitutional.Richard L. Hasen

Jurisprudence

June 29 2015 2:57 PMMindlessly Literal Reading Loses AgainThis Supreme Court decision is a dig at Bush v. Gore.Richard L. Hasen

Jurisprudence

May 26 2015 6:21 PMOnly Voters Count?Conservatives ask the Supreme Court to restrict states’ rights and overturn precedent.Richard L. Hasen

Politics

April 16 2015 2:51 PMHillary Clinton’s Bad Campaign Finance IdeasShe’s right that money in politics is a problem. But suggesting a constitutional amendment is foolish.Richard L. Hasen

Jurisprudence

Oct. 31 2014 4:09 PMLousy JudgmentThis year’s scary election ads will destroy any lingering confidence in the judicial branch.Richard L. Hasen and Dahlia Lithwick

Jurisprudence

Oct. 10 2014 10:16 AMHow to Predict a Voting Rights DecisionThe Supreme Court just made it harder to vote in some states and easier in others.Richard L. Hasen

Jurisprudence

Aug. 18 2014 4:42 PMJust PoliticsJust because politics can be ugly doesn’t make it a crime.Richard L. Hasen

Jurisprudence

Feb. 27 2018 4:13 PMFree Speech vs. Freedom From IntimidationThe Supreme Court is set to reconsider campaigning at the ballot box. Justice Scalia got it right the first time.Richard L. Hasen

Jurisprudence

Nov. 27 2017 2:55 PMVote Suppressors UnleashedA district judge might be handing Donald Trump a chance to supercharge voter suppression.Richard L. Hasen

Jurisprudence

June 30 2017 12:59 PMTrump’s Voter Fraud EndgameHis “election integrity” investigation is a pretext to repeal the National Voter Registration Act. It won’t work.Richard L. Hasen

Jurisprudence

Feb. 2 2017 4:22 AMThere’s a Simple Step North Carolina’s New Governor Could Take to Strengthen Voting RightsBut he’d better move fast.Richard L. Hasen

The Slatest

Nov. 8 2016 4:51 PMDonald’s Trumped-Up Nevada Lawsuit Is a Fitting End to a Hateful CampaignRichard L. Hasen

Jurisprudence

Oct. 17 2016 5:21 PMVoter FraudIt would be literally insane to try to steal an election in the way Donald Trump is alleging.Richard L. Hasen

The Slatest

Oct. 6 2016 8:28 PMHurricane Matthew Could Have Devastating Consequences for the ElectionRichard L. Hasen

Jurisprudence

July 19 2016 12:54 PMThe Real Reason Why Judges Should Keep Quiet About ElectionsThe restrictions remind judges to aspire to be apolitical.Richard L. Hasen and Dahlia Lithwick

Politics

Aug. 4 2015 11:04 AMHow to Save the Voting Rights ActWe need to stop trying to untangle racism and partisanship by agreeing on one simple idea. Richard L. Hasen

Politics

June 8 2015 4:05 PMIs Hillary Clinton Dooming Real Election Reform?If the Democratic front-runner cares so much about voting rights, then she shouldn’t be politicizing them.Richard L. Hasen

Politics

April 22 2015 3:01 PMJeb the DestroyerJeb Bush is tearing down what little campaign finance law we have left.Richard L. Hasen

Jurisprudence

Nov. 11 2014 7:47 AMThe Supreme Court’s Gerrymandering ConundrumDid Alabama legislators redraw district lines to hurt Democrats or to disenfranchise black voters?Richard L. Hasen

Jurisprudence

Oct. 19 2014 1:05 PMDawn PatrolJustice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s critically important 5 a.m. wake-up call on voting rights.Richard L. Hasen

Jurisprudence

Sept. 29 2014 10:30 AMThe Voting Wars Heat UpWill the Supreme Court allow states to restrict voting for partisan advantage?Richard L. Hasen

Jurisprudence

July 23 2014 10:55 AMBad ReadersThe judges who ruled against Obamacare are following Scalia down a terrible path of interpretation.Richard L. Hasen