Shows
America at a CrossroadsRick Hasen with Larry Mantle | Can Democracy Hold? The 2026 Midterm ChallengeElection law expert Rick Hasen joins veteran journalist Larry Mantle for an essential conversation on the future of American democracy as the nation heads toward the 2026 midterm elections. Together, they explore the threats facing voting rights, the integrity of election systems, and how legal and political reforms could determine the strength—or fragility—of democratic institutions in the years ahead.Rick Hasen is one of the nation’s foremost authorities on election law, campaign finance, and voting rights. He is a Professor of Law at UCLA and Director of UCLA Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project. Hasen is the auth...
2025-11-0656 min
ELB PodcastELB Podcast 6:8: Danielle Lang: Is Trump’s Executive Order on Voting A Threat to Democracy?What does the Trump executive order on elections purport to do?
Why did a federal court put big parts of that executive order on hold?
Does this EO threaten the 2026 midterm elections?
On the season finale of Season 6 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with Danielle Lang of the Campaign Legal Center.
2025-05-2130 minELB PodcastELB Podcast 6:7: Combatting False Election Information: Lessons from 2024 and a Look to the Future (Marwick, Starbird, Tucker)How did campaigning and false information in campaigns change in the 2024 elections?
What role did platform content moderation play in 2024?
Is generative AI going to change campaigns in 2028 and beyond?
On Season 6, Episode 7 of the ELB podcast, a roundtable with Alice Marwick, Kate Starbird, and Joshua Tucker.
2025-04-0655 minELB PodcastELB 6:6: What Do Documentary Proof of Citizenship Laws Accomplish? (Fontes, Olson, Perales)Do documentary proof of citizenship laws stop a lot of illegal voting or suppress the votes of eligible voters?
How have such laws been implemented in the state of Arizona and elsewhere?
What are the prospects for passage of the SAVE Act, which would bring such laws to the nation as a whole?
On season 6, Episode 6 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, The Cato Institute’s Walter Olson, and Nina Perales of MALDEF.
2025-03-1157 minELB PodcastELB Podcast 6:5: Fair Elections and Voting Rights: What Ahead in the Next Four Years? (Gardner, Karlan, Richer)What will the new Trump Administration and the new Congress do when it comes to voting rights and fair elections?
What challenges face state and local election officials going forward?
Will the courts stand up for voting rights and fair elections in the years to come?
On Season 6, Episode 5 of the ELB podcast, we feature a discussion with Amy Gardner, Pam Karlan, and Stephen Richer.
2025-02-0553 minELB PodcastELB Podcast 6:4:Katie Harbath: The Present and Future of Social Media, Politics, and ElectionsHow did social media’s treatment of election content change in the 2024 elections?
What do Meta’s new announcements mean for politics and society going forward?
How might AI change everything?
On Season 6, Episode 4 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with social media and politics expert Katie Harbath.
2025-01-1636 min
SpeechMatters“Now Is a Moment for Vigilance”: Rick Hasen on the Election and Democracy’s FutureInternationally renowned election law expert, Rick Hasen, joins SpeechMatters to reflect on last week’s election, the role of disinformation in the lead up to it, and the types of challenges our democracy may face under the new administration. Episode Resources: The Safeguarding Democracy Project: https://law.ucla.edu/academics/centers/safeguarding-democracy-project Election Law Blog: https://electionlawblog.org/
2024-11-1440 min
ELB PodcastELB Podcast 6:3 From Nov. 5 to Jan. 6: Are We Prepared for a Fair and Safe Election?What are the risks to a peaceful transition of power once all the votes have been cast?
What can we learn from history and from other democracies about our moment of democratic peril?
How worried should we be about the risks of political violence?
On Season 6, Episode 3 of the ELB Podcast we speak with Republican election lawyer Ben Ginsberg, the Hoover Institution’s Larry Diamond, the Carnegie Endowment’s Rachel Kleinfeld, and USC law dean Franita Tolson.
2024-10-191h 02ELB PodcastELB 6:2 The United States Electoral College and Fair Elections (Fishkin, Hollis-Brusky, Muller)Why do we have the Electoral College and is its use justified today?
Why do Democrats and Republicans think differently about the Electoral College?
Does the Electoral College make it harder or easier to subvert American elections?
On Season 6, Episode 2 of the ELB Podcast we speak with Joey Fishkin of UCLA Law, Amanda Hollis-Brusky of Pomona College, and Derek Muller of Notre Dame Law School.
2024-10-151h 11America at a CrossroadsRick Hasen with Warren Olney | 2025: What are the chances of a peaceful transition of power?RICK HASEN is one of the country’s foremost experts on Americanelection law, campaign finance, voting rights, voter suppression, andtransitions of power. In conversation with the highly awardedbroadcast journalist Warren Olney, Rick will provide his analysis onthe state of the current election with emphasis on efforts at votersuppression, legal cases impacting on voting rights, ballot counting,and challenges to election outcomes. Warren and Rick will discussthe prospects of a repeat of the events of the attack on the Capitol onJanuary 6, 2021.RICK HASEN is...
2024-10-1058 minELB PodcastELB Podcast 6:1 Democracy and the Risks to the 2024 Elections (Aden, Fortier, & Roth)How prepared are we for a peaceful transition of power in 2024 in light of what we witnessed in the 2020 elections?
What hurdles stand before minority voters in the upcoming elections?
How has the social media and information environment affecting elections shifted since 2020?
On today’s episode of the ELB Podcast we speak with Leah Aden, of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, John Fortier, of the American Enterprise Institute, and Yoel Roth of The Match Group.
2024-09-251h 06
Living in the USAThe Trump Ground Game: Harold Meyerson; Jan. 6 Scenarios: Rick Hasen; The Trumpers: Arlie HochschildThe Republican Party and the Trump Campaign have no field operations of their own doing door-to-door work - for the first time all of that has been outsourced to PACs with independent funding, and the largest, run by Elon Musk, has just fired the company doing its canvassing in Nevada and Arizona. Harold Meyerson comments.Also: Trump has made it clear he won't accept the results of the 2024 election if he loses, and Republicans are doing everything they can make it harder for Democrats to vote. But it will be harder for Trump to challenge this year's...
2024-09-2058 min
Stay Tuned with PreetLegal Fallout from Biden's Exit (with Joyce Vance & Rick Hasen)On a special episode of Stay Tuned, Preet Bharara is joined by his CAFE Insider co-host and former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance and UCLA law professor and founder of Election Law Blog Rick Hasen to discuss the legal dilemmas stemming from President Joe Biden’s decision to exit the presidential race. Could Republican legal challenges interfere with the election? And, if Vice President Kamala Harris becomes the Democratic nominee, does she inherit Biden’s war chest?In the bonus, exclusively for members of CAFE Insider, Preet and Joyce discuss the resignation of Secret Serv...
2024-07-2331 minELB PodcastELB Podcast 5:8: Renee DiResta: Invisible Rulers and the 2024 ElectionsWhat’s the difference between how Americans communicated about politics and policies 20 or 30 years ago and how we do it today?
What are the most effective ways to combat disinformation in elections and otherwise?
Are the platforms and the rest of us ready for election-related threats in 2024?
On the season finale of Season 5 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with Renee DiResta, author of the new book, Invisible Rulers.
2024-06-1937 min
ELB PodcastELB 5:7: Rick Pildes: The Two Ricks Discuss the Trump Immunity and Hush Money CasesHow should we understand the Supreme Court’s questions in the Trump immunity case?
Will the Court let Donald Trump go to trial for 2020 election interference based just on his acts as a candidate and not as President?
Are the legal theories advanced in Donald Trump’s hush money case in New York legally sound?
On Season 5, Episode 7 of the ELB Podcast, a conversation about the latest Trump cases between Rick Pildes and Rick Hasen
2024-05-0343 min
SideBar: Optimism In Action - Conversations with Community Leaders Inspiring Positive ChangeSurprise! You Do Not Have the Right to Vote with Rick HasenThe federal constitution neither explicitly nor implicitly includes the right to vote. Instead, the framers allowed the States to determine the “Time, Places, and Manner of holding Elections.” Rick Hasen, author of A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy, believes that needs to change. He asserts that a constitutional right to vote can deescalate election litigation and can safeguard democracy from election subversion.
2024-03-0542 minELB PodcastELB Podcast 5:6: Rick Hasen and Erwin Chemerinsky: A Real Right to VoteWhy doesn’t the U.S. Constitution contain an affirmative right to vote?
Can constitutional reform promote political equality, defuse the voting wars, and thwart election subversion?
How can we get a constitutional right to vote, if we can’t even get normal voting rights legislation passed in Congress?
On Season 5, Episode 6 of the ELB Podcast, I am in conversation with Erwin Chemerinsky about my new book, “A Real Right to Vote.”
2024-02-191h 13
The Voting BoothCan Trump Stay on the Ballot? Recapping Trump v. Anderson (with Rick Hasen and Derek Muller)Co-hosts John Fortier and Don Palmer are joined by Rick Hasen (Professor of Law at UCLA Law) and Derek Muller (Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School), to discuss Trump v. Anderson.
2024-02-1547 minELB PodcastELB Podcast 5:5: Steve Vladeck: Trump, the Supreme Court and the Shadow DocketWhat are the costs for democracy when the Supreme Court decides cases on the “shadow docket?”
Is the Purcell Principle a license for states to act illegally in running elections?
What is going to happen with the Trump disqualification case at the Supreme Court?
On Season 5, Episode 5 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with Steve Vladeck, author of the book, The Shadow Docket.
2024-01-0943 minELB PodcastELB Podcast 5:4: Ian Bassin & Jess Marsden: Protecting Democracy in 2024…and 2025Has the United States done enough to minimize the risk of election subversion in 2024?
How might problems in Congress affect a fair tallying of electoral college votes on January 6, 2025?
How much danger of authoritarian rule does the U.S. face going forward?
On Season 5, Episode 4 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with Ian Bassin and Jess Marsden of Protect Democracy.
2023-12-0833 minELB PodcastELB Podcast 5:3: The Trump Prosecutions, the First Amendment, and Election InterferenceDo gag orders against presidential candidate Donald Trump in his civil or criminal trials violate the First Amendment?
What should we make of Trump’s claims that his actions to overturn the results of the 2020 elections are protected free speech?
How should we assess the dangers of government “jawboning” of social media platforms to remove objectionable conduct?
On Season 5, Episode 3 of the ELB Podcast, we delve into these issues with First Amendment experts Genevieve Lakier and Eugene Volokh.
2023-10-3049 minELB PodcastELB Podcast 5:2: The Roberts Court and American Democracy (Joan Biskupic)Is the Roberts Court shifting on its protection of voting rights?
How has the addition of three Trump-appointed Justices changed the nature of the Supreme Court?
Should we expect a new ethics code for Supreme Court Justices?
On Season 5, Episode 2 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with Joan Biskupic, CNN’s senior supreme court analyst and author of the new book, Nine Black Robes.
2023-10-1850 minELB PodcastELB Podcast 5:1: The Trump Indictments, the 2024 Elections, and the Public PeaceWill the multiple indictments and expected trials of former President Donald Trump lead to violence or unrest?
Are the risks of political violence in the U.S. increasing or decreasing?
What can the United States learn from other countries that reversed democratic backsliding?
On Season 5, Episode 1 of the ELB podcast, we have a roundtable with Ben Ginsberg, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, and Rachel Kleinfeld.
2023-09-1050 min
Factually! with Adam ConoverThe Plot to End Voting Rights with Rick HasenWe consider democracy a fundamental American value, but the reality is that we haven't been truly democratic for as long as our country has existed. Not only is the right to vote not constitutionally protected, but it also faces constant attacks from anti-democratic campaigns funded by billionaires, aiming to make voting more difficult. This week, Adam is joined by Rick Hasen, a UCLA professor of law, to uncover the genuine threats to elections and explore potential solutions. Find Rick's book at factually.com/booksSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/adamconover
2023-08-021h 03
That Trippi Show"The biggest bullet dodged in the history of democracy" with Rick HasenWas the Supreme Court decision in Moore v. Harper a big win - or a bullet dodged? UCLA law professor Rick Hasen rejoins Joe and Alex to discuss the implications of what looks like a big win for democracy -- but how could it be a time bomb? Rick gets into how this decision winds all the way back to Bush v. Gore in 2000. Also -what are the implications for the 2024 map? Finally - what about the good news from this? Why is Rick optimistic? And what can everyday Americans do to keep the Court accountable? Read Rick's latest p...
2023-07-0734 minELB PodcastELB Podcast 4:10: U.S. Democracy and the Independent State Legislature Theory after Moore v. HarperWhat are the implications of the Supreme Court’s decision in Moore v. Harper for American democracy?
What will the case mean for 2024 election challenges?
Does the decision shut down attempts to submit slates of fake electors and subvert presidential elections?
On the Season 4 finale of the ELB podcast, a voting rights roundtable with Derek Muller, Carolyn Shapiro, Bertrall Ross, and Rick Pildes.
2023-06-2852 minELB PodcastELB Podcast 4:9: Charles, Katz, Pildes: The Future of the Voting Rights Act after MilliganWhy did two conservative justices on the Supreme Court join the Court’s liberals to save section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in Allen v. Milligan?
Will voting rights plaintiffs see more success in Section 2 cases in other states including Louisiana, Georgia, and Texas?
What are the political implications of the Court siding with minority plaintiffs in Milligan?
On Season 4, Episode 9 of the ELB Podcast, we have a voting rights roundtable with Professors Guy Charles, Ellen Katz, and Rick Pildes.
2023-06-2141 minELB PodcastELB Podcast 4:8: Mary Ziegler: Dollars for Life: Money, Politics and AbortionTo what extent have abortion politics been the driver of campaign finance fights in the courts?
How much of a force has anti-abortion lawyer Jim Bopp been in the campaign finance cases?
Are new efforts to make it harder to pass abortion initiatives going to change voters’ access to direct democracy?
On Season 4, Episode 8 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with law professor and historian Mary Ziegler, author of the new book, Dollars for Life: The Anti-Abortion Movement and the Fall of the Republican Establishment.
2023-05-1726 min
SLO County Public Policy & The LawProfessor Rick Hasen (#1)Stew talks with Dr. Rick Hasen, UCLA Professor and election law expert. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-04-2423 min
ELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 4:7: Sarah Longwell: Election Denialism and the Future of the Republican PartyHow do Republican voters think about Donald Trump’s false claims of a stolen 2020 election?
What are voters’ attitudes towards authoritarianism and the rule of law?
How will election denialism play out in the 2024 Republican presidential primary?
On Season 4, Episode 7 of the ELB podcast, we speak with GOP pollster and publisher of The Bulwark, Sarah Longwell.
2023-04-1131 minELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 4:6: Jake Grumbach: Laboratories Against DemocracyDoes our decentralized system of government create conditions to strengthen or weaken democratic institutions?
Why have red and blue states adopted different sets of election rules, with some Republican states adopting restrictive registration and voting laws?
Would more a more national election process in the United States protect against the risk of election subversion?
On Season 4, Episode 6 of the ELB Podcast we speak with University of Washington Professor Jake Grumbach, author of the book “Laboratories Against Democracy.”
2023-02-2052 minELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 4:5: Rachel Maddow: What “Ultra” Can Teach Us About Threats to Democracy TodayCan an attempt an election subversion in the 1940s teach us how to handle current threats to American democracy?
Do failed attempts to hold Nazi sympathizers in the American government accountable through criminal litigation show the limits of the law in protecting democracy?
What role can and should journalists play in safeguarding free and fair elections today?
On Season 4, Episode 5 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with journalist Rachel Maddow, producer and narrator of the new podcast series, “Ultra.”
2023-02-0148 min
Democracy NerdThe Constitution Should Not Be a Suicide Pact w/ Rick HasenFor the first episode of 2023, the podcast is joined by Rick Hasen--operator of the Election Law Blog and one of the top current democracy nerds--who explains why the Supreme Court needs to re-examine its decisions in the need to balance free speech interests with the need to have free & fair elections.
2023-01-171h 07
Scaling LawsRick Hasen and Nate Persily on Replatforming Trump on Social MediaOn November 19, Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk announced that he would be reinstating former President Donald Trump’s account on the platform—though so far, Trump hasn’t taken Musk up on the offer, preferring instead to stay on his bespoke website Truth Social. Meanwhile, Meta’s Oversight Board has set a January 2023 deadline for the platform to decide whether or not to return Trump to Facebook following his suspension after the Jan. 6 insurrection. How should we think through the difficult question of how social media platforms should handle the presence of a political leader who delights in spreading...
2022-12-1543 min
ELB PodcastELB Podcast 4:4: Vavreck & Tausanovitch: Lessons for Democracy from the 2022 Midterm ElectionsDid the 2022 U.S. midterm elections demonstrate that we have moved beyond risks to American democracy?
What explains continued, persistent divisions across the American public along party lines?
Does there remain a potential for violence associated with future U.S. elections?
On Season 4, Episode 4 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with Lynn Vavreck and Chris Tausanovitch of UCLA’s political science department.
2022-12-0250 minELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 4:3: Maggie Haberman: Trump, Trumpism, and the Threats to American DemocracyDoes former president Donald Trump know—and does he care—that the statements he has made undermining the integrity of the 2020 electionrun the risk of undermining the core of American democracy?
Is election denialism bigger than Trump’s hold over the GOP?
What should the Republicans, Democrats, the Press, and others do to counter concerns about threats to free elections in the United States?
On Season 4 episode 3 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman, author of the new book, Confidence Man.
2022-10-3144 minELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 4:2: Moore v Harper and Potential Threats to American DemocracyWhat is the “independent state legislature theory,” and does a potential Supreme Court embrace threaten American democracy?
Will use of the doctrine raise the risk of election subversion or stolen elections?
How far could the theory go in insulating legislative voting rules from state constitutional review?
On Season 4, Episode 2 of the ELB Podcast, we hear a recent conversation that I moderated with Vik Amar, Derek Muller, Rick Pildes, Carolyn Shapiro, and Franita Tolson.
2022-09-1853 minELB PodcastFixing the Electoral Count Act to Stop Future Stolen ElectionsWill Congress pass bipartisan legislation to fix the Electoral Count Act, that Donald Trump tried to exploit in 2020?
Is the new Electoral Count Reform Act the right way to go to stop election subversion?
Are there ways of improving the act before Congress may pass it as soon as this fall?
On Season 4, Episode 1 of the ELB Podcast, we hear a recent conversation that I moderated with Norm Eisen, Ned Foley, Rebecca Green, J. Michael Luttig and Janai Nelson.
2022-09-0151 minAmerica at a CrossroadsRick Hasen and Greg Bluestein with Patt Morrison - Are Voter Suppression Efforts Working? What's Cooking After 25 Primaries?Legal scholar Rick Hasen and political reporter Greg Bluestein break down the results of the 2022 primaries up to this point, with an eye towards voter suppression tactics and legislation in key states. Moderated by LA Times columnist Patt Morrison.
2022-06-2356 minThat Trippi ShowRick Hasen on "cheap speech" & election integrity
Rick Hasen joins the pod to discuss his latest book, "Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics—and How to Cure It." What can we do to fix our elections? Rick points out we have to think way beyond legal solutions or policy - it's going to take all of us working on it. And what do we make of Elon Musk's Twitter purchase and its implications for Trump and free speech.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/that-trippi-show/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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2022-05-1030 min
Great IdeasRick Hasen - Election Law Expert - On How "Cheap Speech" is Poisoning America**This episode was immediately popular in the Beyond Politics podcast (please subscribe to it!!!), so we are bringing it to our Great Ideas Listeners** Today, in America, the system is blinking red. Experts are sounding increasingly dire alarms that our politics have become so distorted by anger, partisanship, lies, manipulation, and disinformation – not to mention deliberate steps to subvert American elections – that American democracy itself is in real peril. There may be no more widely respected expert on election law and the role of disinformation that Rick Hasen. He's a Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of Cal...
2022-04-2843 minELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 3:8: Wendy Weiser: Assessing the State of American Elections and DemocracyWhy has it gotten harder rather than easier to vote in the United States over the past decade?
What can be done about the risk of stolen elections in the United States?
How have the Supreme Court’s decisions on redistricting, voting rights, and gerrymandering affected the quality of American democracy?
On season 3, Episode 8 of the ELB podcast, we speak with Wendy Weiser, Vice President for the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School.
[This is the final episode of Season 3 of the podcast.]
2022-04-2733 min
Beyond PoliticsRick Hasen - Election Law Expert - On How "Cheap Speech" is Poisoning AmericaToday, in America, the system is blinking red. Experts are sounding increasingly dire alarms that our politics have become so distorted by anger, partisanship, lies, manipulation, and disinformation – not to mention deliberate steps to subvert American elections – that American democracy itself is in real peril. There may be no more widely respected expert on election law and the role of disinformation that Rick Hasen. He's a Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California, Irvine and is Co-Director of the Fair Elections and Free Speech Center. Dr. Hasen also served in 2020 as a CNN Election Law Anal...
2022-04-2543 min
Future HindsightThe Cure for Cheap Speech: Rick HasenThursday, April 21st, 2022 Richard Hasen is a nationally recognized expert in election law and campaign finance regulation, and his new book is Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics and How to Cure It. We discuss the long-term dangers of cheap speech and ways to improve our information sphere in keeping with the First Amendment. Cheap speech is lower-value speech that finds a way to rise to the top of social media, news outlets, and everyday conversation. This overabundance of misinformation and disinformation is easy and inexpensive to produce. While the problem of cheap speech is worldwide and ubiquitous...
2022-04-2145 minFuture HindsightThe Cure for Cheap Speech: Rick HasenThursday, April 21st, 2022 Richard Hasen is a nationally recognized expert in election law and campaign finance regulation, and his new book is Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics and How to Cure It. We discuss the long-term dangers of cheap speech and ways to improve our information sphere in keeping with the First Amendment. Cheap speech is lower-value speech that finds a way to rise to the top of social media, news outlets, and everyday conversation. This overabundance of misinformation and disinformation is easy and inexpensive to produce. While the problem of cheap speech is worldwide and ubiquitous...
2022-04-2145 minELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 3:7: Mike Haas: The Mess with Wisconsin's ElectionsHow did Wisconsin go from the gold standard for election administration in the United States to its laughing stock?
What does the partisan investigation into the 2020 election say about how to once again achieve bipartisan cooperation in running elections?
What is the future of free and fair elections in Wisconsin and beyond?
On season 3, Episode 7 of the ELB podcast, we speak with longtime Wisconsin election administrator and attorney Michael Haas.
2022-03-2826 minAmerica at a CrossroadsRick Hasen with Warren Olney - Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our PoliticsRick Hasen, author of "Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics," speaks with To the Point's Warren Olney about the insidious injection of disinformation into American media, how it has degraded the political spectrum, and how vigilance can save American democracy.
2022-03-2456 minELB PodcastELB Podcast Ep 3:6: Deuel Ross: Everything You Wanted to Know About Ala Voting Rights CaseELB Podcast Episode 3:6: Deuel Ross: Everything You Wanted to Know About the Alabama Voting Rights Redistricting Case But Were Too Confused to Ask
Why did the Supreme Court put on hold a federal district court order requiring the state of Alabama to draw another Black majority congressional district?
What does the stay order in Merrill v. Milligan mean for the future of the Voting Rights Act?
Are minority voting rights under threat by new arguments to weaken the Voting Rights Act?
On season 3, Episode 6 of the ELB podcast, we speak with NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund’s Senior Counsel an...
2022-02-2230 minELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 3:5: Gellman, Huseman, Sullivan: Journalists and Election SubversionELB Podcast Episode 3:5: Bart Gellman, Jessica Huseman, and Margaret Sullivan: What Can (and Should) Journalists Do to Prevent Election Subversion and Another January 6?
How can journalists best report on stories about the risks to election integrity in the United States?
Should journalists be taking sides between the forces of those supporting and opposing free and fair elections in the United States?
How should one tell local stories of election problems with national implications?
On season 3, Episode 5 of the ELB podcast, we speak with The Atlantic’s Bart Gellman, Votebeat’s Jessica Huseman, and the Washington Post’s Margaret Sullivan.
(This episod...
2022-01-2750 min
ELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 3:4: Pam Fessler: The Voting Wars and the Media, Then and NowCan the United States continue to run free and fair elections amidst a sea of election disinformation? What has the path of the voting wars looked like since the disputed 2000 election? How should journalists cover stories like election subversion, and deal with those who make claims about elections being stolen or rigged?
On Season 3 Episode 4 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with Pam Fessler, the dean of journalists on the democracy beat who recently retired as a correspondent for NPR.
2021-11-0928 minELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 3:3: Guy Charles: Race and Election Law in Today's United StatesIs the Voting Rights Act effectively dead as a superstatute? Is the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act the best way to protect minority voters in the United States? Are the dangers of election subversion and voter suppression more closely linked than some have said?
On Season 3, Episode 3 of the ELB Podcast, we talk to Guy Charles, the Charles Ogletree, Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and faculty director of HLS’s Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice.
2021-10-1230 minELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 3:2 Brad Raffensperger and Isabel Longoria: The Risk of Election SubversionIs the United States at risk of election subversion and stolen elections?
Is the key to secure American elections having people of integrity running them?
What role can law play in protecting the rule of law and elections?
On Season 3, Episode 2 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Harris County, Texas Election Administrator Isabel Longoria.
(This episode is an excerpt from a recording of a September 24, 2021 conference on the risks of election subversion convened by the Fair Elections and Free Speech Center at UCI Law.)
2021-09-2851 minELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 3.1: Nate Persily: A Redistricting Season Like No OtherHow will the new round of redistricting go, with late census numbers, courts refusing to police partisan gerrymanders, and a weakened Voting Rights Act? Will redistricting cost Democrats control of the U.S. House? How will redistricting commissions fit into the rushed process?
On Season 3 Episode 1 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with Stanford law and political science professor Nate Persily.
2021-08-1929 min
Supreme MythsProfessor Rick Hasen
Professor Rick Hasen stopped by Supreme Myths to talk about voting rights and suppression, elections, the Scalia Myth, and other important issues.
2021-05-0450 min
The Dan Abrams PodcastThe Dan Abrams Podcast with Rick HasenRick Hasen, author of "Election Meltdown" and Professor of Law and Political Science at UC Irvine, joins Dan to discuss the newly passed election laws in Georgia. Hasen and Abrams analyze likely legal challenges to the Georgia bill, discuss other states' election laws, and consider the issue of gerrymandering.
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2021-04-0335 minThe Dan Abrams PodcastThe Dan Abrams Podcast with Rick HasenRick Hasen, author and Professor of Law at UCI, joins Dan to discuss the likelihood that President Trump could still win the 2020 electoral college. Hasen discusses his concern that unsubstantiated voter fraud claims could dangerously delegitimize the health of U.S. democracy.
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2020-11-1420 min
GZERO World with Ian BremmerWhat Could Go Wrong in the US Election? Rick Hasen on Nightmare Scenarios and ChallengesThe end is nigh! With just days to go (hours, really) until voting concludes for the 2020 US election, many Americans are losing sleep over the various ways that things could go wrong on Election Day and in the days and weeks to follow (it may be time to retire that term “Election Day,” given that most states won’t finish their ballot counting on November 3rd). Ian Bremmer takes those fears head-on with election law expert Rick Hasen. They talk about how voter suppression, administrative incompetence, and/or dirty tricks by foreign actors could affect this year’s election.
2020-10-3121 minGZERO World with Ian BremmerWhat Could Go Wrong in the US Election? Rick Hasen on Nightmare Scenarios and ChallengesThe end is nigh! With just days to go (hours, really) until voting concludes for the 2020 US election, many Americans are losing sleep over the various ways that things could go wrong on Election Day and in the days and weeks to follow (it may be time to retire that term “Election Day,” given that most states won’t finish their ballot counting on November 3rd). Ian Bremmer takes those fears head-on with election law expert Rick Hasen. They talk about how voter suppression, administrative incompetence, and/or dirty tricks by foreign actors could affect this year’s election.
2020-10-3121 min
KUCI: UCI ConversationsUCI Election Law Professor Rick Hasen & OC Registrar of Voters Neal KelleyThis show is dedicated to the upcoming presidential election with separate interviews of UCI Election Law Professor Rick Hasen and OC Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley. Both provide their unique perspective on the upcoming election. Note: do not forget to sign your ballot, additional information is available at www.ocvote.com and www.electionlawblog.org ~ AND...we may not know who wins the election for up to 30 days after November 3rd...
2020-09-3000 min
The Long GameThe Election Nightmare Scenario that Keeps Rick Hasen Up At NightRick Hasen is professor of law and political science at UC-Irvine and author of “Election Meltdown.” Rick is two things that make him worth your time. First, he knows more about elections than almost anyone I know of. He updates his “Election Law blog” daily with the latest developments, and he has written two books on elections and election law. The most recent one, “Election Meltdown” came out earlier this year just before COVID-19 hit, and we talk about the main themes of that book.But second, Rick is probably the...
2020-07-1446 min
The Long GameThe Election Nightmare Scenario that Keeps Rick Hasen Up At NightRick Hasen is professor of law and political science at UC-Irvine and author of "Election Meltdown." Rick is two things that make him worth your time. First, he knows more about elections than almost anyone I know of. He updates his "Election Law blog" daily with the latest developments, and he has written two books on elections and election law. The most recent one, "Election Meltdown" came out earlier this year just before COVID-19 hit, and we talk about the main themes of that book. But second, Rick is probably the most fair-minded...
2020-07-141h 04
UCI Law TalksRick Hasen on Voting Rights and Election Integrity at the Time of COVID-19Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science Rick Hasen discusses voting rights and election integrity at the time of COVID-19 with Professor of Lawyering Skills Henry Weinstein. Hosted by Veronica Gray, Partner of Nossaman LLP and UCI Law Board of Visitors Member. Introductions by UCI Law Dean L. Song Richardson. Recorded on June 4, 2020 via Zoom virtual presentation. Part of the UCI Law COVID-19 & the Law lecture series.
2020-06-121h 00UCI Law TalksRick Hasen on “Election Meltdown: Dirty Tricks, Distrust, and the Threat to American Democracy”Prof. Henry Weinstein interviews Prof. Rick Hasen about his latest book analyzing key threats to the integrity of the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Recorded April 1, 2020 via Zoom virtual presentation.
2020-04-0958 min
Another Way, by Lawrence LessigRick Hasen On Voting From Home In A CrisisOn this week's episode, Jason Harrow and Adam Eichen of Equal Citizens talk with election law expert Rick Hasen about the impact of COVID-19 on our democracy. Rick is a professor at UC Irvine and the author of the Election Law Blog and the new and eerily-prescient book Election Meltdown. Rick discusses the importance of expanding voting from home and absentee balloting, whether elections can be "cancelled," and other impacts the coronavirus will have on our elections.
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2020-03-2733 min
Chris Riback's NewsletterRick Hasen: Can America Run a Fair Election?Today we continue with our check on the state of American democracy. We began with Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt to get an update on “How Democracies Die” and the question: How much more can our institutions take?Today we’ll look at the cornerstone of our democracy and a question that’s as shocking to ask as it sounds: Can America run a fair election?I told you – crazy. But whether that’s Putin’s great accomplishment, the post Iowa Caucus fiasco reality, or simply the result of the disintegration of nearly all...
2020-02-2835 min
Chris Riback's ConversationsRick Hasen: Can America Run a Fair Election?Today we continue with our check on the state of American democracy. We began with Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt to get an update on “How Democracies Die” and the question: How much more can our institutions take?Today we’ll look at the cornerstone of our democracy and a question that’s as shocking to ask as it sounds: Can America run a fair election?I told you – crazy. But whether that’s Putin’s great accomplishment, the post Iowa Caucus fiasco reality, or simply the result of the disintegration of nearly all...
2020-02-2835 min
Living in the USABernie After New Hampshire: Harold Meyerson, plus Rick Hasen on election meltdownsBernie emerged from the New Hampshire primary as the Democratic frontrunner; Harold Meyerson says that, as more of the "moderates" drop out, Bernie needs to get some of their supporters--starting with Biden's.
Also: Democrats are full of anxiety about the November election. Whoever they support, they wake up anxious that somehow Donald Trump will not be defeated on Nov. 3. There are many ways that the voting process could be sabotaged, starting with a cyberattack on the power grid on Election Day. That’s what Rick Hasen says. His hew book is “Election Meltdown: Dirty Tricks, Distrust, and the Threat to Amer...
2020-02-1434 min
Start Making Sense ClipsIowa is Only One Example of What May Go Wrong on Nov. 3: Rick HasenThere is the incompetence that led to the election meltdown in the Iowa caucuses; and there are many other ways elections can go wrong. For example, we could have a cyberattack on the power grid on election day that could cause blackouts in big cities the Democrats need to win. Rick Hasen explains that and other potential threats—his new book is “Election Meltdown: Dirty Tricks, Distrust, and the Threat to American Democracy.”
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2020-02-0513 min
The Nation PodcastsMeltdown in Iowa: Winners and Losers—John Nichols on Politics, Rick Hasen on Elections, plus John Powers on the OscarsThe problem in reporting the results in Iowa isn’t just a delay; it’s a disaster—that’s what John Nichols says—for the Democrats, and especially for Bernie, who so far appears to have won at least the popular vote. And if Biden did as badly as reports suggest, that’s a huge boost not just for Pete Buttigieg but also for Michael Bloomberg. But there is one excellent result: This may very well be the last of the Iowa caucuses.
Also: there are many other ways elections can go wrong—for example, we could have a cyberattack...
2020-02-0543 min
ELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 2.3: Kristen Clarke: Voter Protection in the 2018 MidtermsIs the state of Georgia going to disenfranchise voters over missing hyphens on voter registration cards? What can be done about new strict voting rules, such as the North Dakota residential address rule that may disenfranchise Native American voters? Will the Supreme Court with new Justice Kavanaugh protect minority voting rights?
On Season 2, Episode 3 of the ELB Podcast, we talk with Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the National Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
2018-10-1729 min
ELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 2.2, Bob Bauer: Unpacking the Trump Campaign Finance AllegationsDoes Michael Cohen's guilty plea to campaign finance violations implicate the President in criminal campaign finance activity? What about the defenses that the President has raised to these charges? Did Trump or the Trump campaign violate the prohibition on soliciting foreign contributions with their summer 2016 meeting with Russian government operatives at Trump Tower?
On Season 2, Episode 2 of the ELB Podcast, we talk with Bob Bauer, former White House Counsel and former Obama campaign general counsel.
2018-08-2336 min
ELB PodcastELB Podcast, Season 2: Episode 1. Dale Ho: From the Trenches of the Voting WarsAfter a long hiatus, the ELB Podcast is back in time for the midterm election season with a great first guest!
What is the state of voting rights in America? What did the ACLU's lawsuit against Kris Kobach over the state of Kansas's "show us your papers" citizenship voting law teach us about the extent of the voter fraud problem? What's at stake in the litigation over the citizenship question which may appear on the 2020 census?
On Season 2, Episode 1 of the ELB Podcast, we talk with Dale Ho, Director of the ACLU's Voting Rights Project, who supervises the ACLU’s vot...
2018-08-0328 min
This Week in Law (Audio)One Bot, One Vote - Hacking elections
Rick Hasen from University of California Irvine School of Law joins Denise Howell, Matt Curtis, and Mike Keys to talk about election law as it pertains to hacking elections both in the physical equipment we use to vote and manipulating the voters themselves. Rick just authored a book on Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, so we'll talk about him and other Supreme Court news.
Hosts: Denise Howell, J. Michael Keyes, and Matt Curtis
Guest: Rick Hasen
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Public list of discussion...
2018-04-131h 56This Week in Law (Video)One Bot, One Vote - Hacking elections
Rick Hasen from University of California Irvine School of Law joins Denise Howell, Matt Curtis, and Mike Keys to talk about election law as it pertains to hacking elections both in the physical equipment we use to vote and manipulating the voters themselves. Rick just authored a book on Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, so we'll talk about him and other Supreme Court news.
Hosts: Denise Howell, J. Michael Keyes, and Matt Curtis
Guest: Rick Hasen
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-law.
Public list of discussion...
2018-04-131h 56
Chris Riback's ConversationsRick Hasen: How Antonin Scalia was the Donald Trump of the Supreme CourtPerhaps this is how the Framers wanted it, but has there ever been a time where more issues with the potential to more deeply divide us – has there ever been a time where more of them seemed so likely to head to the same place: The U.S. Supreme Court?I’m talking about the 2nd Amendment, and the inevitable gun rights issues surely to come out of the growing #enoughisenough movement. I’m talking about gerrymandering, the crazy geographical games that determine who sits in our state legislatures and Congress – that’s already in front of the Justices. An...
2018-03-3035 min
Chris Riback's NewsletterRick Hasen: How Antonin Scalia was the Donald Trump of the Supreme CourtPerhaps this is how the Framers wanted it, but has there ever been a time where more issues with the potential to more deeply divide us – has there ever been a time where more of them seemed so likely to head to the same place: The U.S. Supreme Court?I’m talking about the 2nd Amendment, and the inevitable gun rights issues surely to come out of the growing #enoughisenough movement. I’m talking about gerrymandering, the crazy geographical games that determine who sits in our state legislatures and Congress – that’s already in front of the Justices. An...
2018-03-3035 min
ELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 19: Tom Mann and Norm Ornstein: Trumpism, and America, After TrumpWhat is the connection between Republican Party extremism before Trump and the rise of Trump? What kinds of economic and political reforms can best preserve American democracy? What will life after Trump, and Trumpism, look like in the United States?
On Episode 19 of the ELB Podcast, we talk with Tom Mann and Norm Ornstein, co-authors with E.J. Dionne of the new book, One Nation After Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate, and the Not-Yet Deported.
2017-10-2026 min
ELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 18. Eric McGhee and Nick Stephanopoulos: Efficiency GapIs the Supreme Court ready to finally rein in partisan gerrymandering? Can social science give us a manageable standard to decide when there's too much politics in redistricting? Is the "efficiency gap" Justice Kennedy's holy grail?
On Episode 18 of the ELB Podcast, we talk with Eric McGhee of he Public Policy Institute of California and Nick Stephanopoulos of the University of Chicago Law School about their work on "the efficiency gap" and the upcoming Supreme Court case, Gil v. Whitford.
2017-09-0328 min
ELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 17:Josh Chafetz: Congress’s Power Before, During, and After TrumpIn this era of polarization in politics, how much power does Congress have compared to the President and the courts? Is the Republican Congress a meaningful check on President Trump? How well does Congress do at policing ethical lapses of its own members?
On Episode 17 of the ELB Podcast, we talk with Josh Chafetz, Cornell Law School professor and author of the new book, Congress's Constitution: Legislative Authority and the Separation of Powers.
2017-06-1928 min
ELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 16. Bob Bauer: The Danger of Trump's "Election Integrity" CommissionWill earlier work to improve the voters' experience at the polls be abandoned thanks to unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud? Is the "Election Integrity" commission established by President Trump going to undermine efforts to improve voting rights? Is there a future for the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, one of whose members is joining the Trump-established commission?
On Episode 16 of the ELB Podcast, we talk with Bob Bauer, former White House Counsel and co-chair of the Obama-established Presidential Commission on Election Administration.
2017-05-2524 min
The Bernie Sanders ShowEpisode 6: Rick HasenBernie talks with voting rights and campaign finance expert Professor Rick Hasen about Republican efforts to suppress the vote, fake claims of voter fraud, gerrymandering and the role of big money in our elections.
2017-05-2454 min
ELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 15: Ned Foley: Ballot Battles, Past, Present, and FutureIs this year's concern about "election rigging" and violence at the polls unprecedented? Where do Donald Trump's claims fit within disputes over American elections? Have we as a country gotten better since Bush v. Gore at resolving our election disputes?
On Episode 15 of the ELB Podcast, we talk with Ohio State's Ned Foley, author of Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States.
2016-10-2733 min
UCI Law TalksRick Hasen on Election 2016: Rigged, Hacked or Stolen?UCI Law Profs. Rick Hasen and Henry Weinstein discuss myths and realities about Election 2016: Rigged, Hacked or Stolen? Recorded at UCI Law event Sept. 28, 2016. About the speakers:
• Prof. Rick Hasen: www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/hasen/
• Prof. Weinstein: www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/weinstein/
2016-09-2955 min
ELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 14. Erwin Chemerinsky: Did Justice Ginsburg Cross the Line?Did Justice Ginsburg go too far in her comments against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump? Should comments like Justice Ginsburg's be protected by the First Amendment, and would they be grounds for recusal in a future Clinton v. Trump case? Are judicial rules which bar endorsements of candidates and political statements by judges unconstitutional?
On Episode 14 of the ELB Podcast, we talk with UCI Irvine Law dean and noted constitutional scholar Erwin Chemerinsky.
2016-07-1922 min
ELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 13: Thomas Hicks and Matthew Masterson: Surviving Elections 2016Is the American election system ready to handle 2016? Has the country done what it can to prevent long lines and election breakdowns? Can the U.S. Election Assistance Commission help Democrats and Republicans to move beyond the Voting Wars?
On Episode 13 of the ELB Podcast, we talk to Thomas Hicks, Chair of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, and its Vice-Chair Matthew Masterson.
2016-07-1035 min
ELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 12. Tom Mann and Norm Ornstein: From Political Dysfunction to Trumpism?Has the country moved from a period of deep political dysfunction to something bordering on authoritarianism, with the rise of Donald Trump? Does the rise of Bernie Sanders on the left mean Democrats are moving to the extremes like Republicans? What would a Hillary Clinton presidency with a Republican House look like?
On Episode 12 of the ELB Podcast, we talk with Tom Mann and Norm Ornstein, authors of It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism.
2016-05-1030 min
ELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 11. Lee Goodman: FEC Commissioner with Libertarian OutlookHow does a Commissioner on the Federal Election Commission skeptical of regulation enforce the law? Is there a sound basis for limiting foreign money in elections? Why does the FEC deadlock along party lines, and what can be done about staff unhappiness at the FEC?
On Episode 11 of the ELB Podcast, we talk to Republican FEC Commissioner Lee Goodman.
2016-03-2842 min
ELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 10: Janai Nelson: Minority Voting Rights in 2016What has happened to African-American voting rights after the Supreme Court's 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder? Can the Voting Rights Act still protect minority voting rights in states such as Alabama and Texas? What are the prospects that a new Congress will step in to protect everyone's right to vote?
On Episode 10 of the ELB Podcast, we talk to the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund's Janai Nelson.
2016-03-1031 minUCI Law TalksRick Hasen and Ed Whelan (EPPC) on the future of the Supreme Court and the 2016 ElectionsIn this UCI Law Talks episode, UCI Law Prof. Henry Weinstein moderates an exchange of views between Prof. Rick Hasen and Ed Whelan, former law clerk to Justice Scalia and president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), on the future of the Supreme Court and the 2016 elections. About the speakers:
• Prof. Rick Hasen: http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/hasen/
• Ed Whelan: http://eppc.org/author/edward_whelan/
• Prof. Weinstein: http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/weinstein/
2016-02-2555 minUCI Law TalksErwin Chemerinsky & Rick Hasen on the Passing of Supreme Court Justice Scalia, Future of SCOTUSIn this episode of UCI Law Talks, Dean Chemerinsky and Prof. Hasen discuss the impact of Justice Scalia’s sudden death on the Supreme Court and the presidential election.
More about Prof. Rick Hasen: http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/hasen/
More about Dean Erwin Chemerinsky: http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/chemerinsky/
2016-02-1622 min
ELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 9. Ben Ginsberg: The Republican Nomination Battle for PresidentWill the Republican presidential nomination fight go beyond the primaries to a contested convention? Are the rules Republicans passed to assign delegates going to lead to chaos? What's different about this election cycle, and are Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders fighting for the same voters?
On Episode 9 of the ELB Podcast, we talk to noted Republican campaign attorney Ben Ginsberg.
2016-01-1118 min
ELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 8. Pam Karlan: Voting Rights in America, 2016What is the state of voting rights in the United States as we approach the 2016 elections? Has the loss of a key portion of the Voting Rights Act thanks to the Supreme Court's Shelby County decision made it harder to register and vote? What tools do voting rights advocates have to fight the latest efforts to restrict access to the ballot?
On Episode 8 of the ELB Podcast, we talk to Stanford Law Professor Pam Karlan.
2015-12-1720 min
ELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 7 Ellen Weintraub: The Future of Money in Politics, and of the FECWhat is the state of campaign financing in the U.S.? How have things changed in the Citizens United era? Is the Federal Election Commission dysfunctional, and if so do personalities or ideology explain the spate of high profile Commission deadlocks?
On Episode 7 of the ELB Podcast, we talk to Federal Election Commissioner Ellen Weintraub.
2015-12-0430 min
ELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 6. Nate Persily: Can the Supreme Court Handle Social Science In Election Cases?Can the Supreme Court handle social science evidence in election law cases? Will lack of good data determine the outcome of the Supreme Court's upcoming one person, one vote decision in Evenwel v. Abbott? What role will and should evidence play in assessing questions such as the constitutionality of McCain-Feingold's soft money ban or Texas's strict voter identification law.
On Episode 6 of the ELB Podcast, we talk to law professor and political scientist Nate Persily of Stanford Law School, one of the country’s leading redistricting and election law experts.
2015-11-0730 min
ELB PodcastELB Podcast, Episode 5. Nina Perales: Latino Voting Rights Struggles in Texas and BeyondWhat is the state of Latino voting rights in the state of Texas and beyond? What's happening with the never-ending redistricting litigation in San Antonio, raising questions about whether Texas discriminated against Latino voters and others? Has the demise of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act thanks to the Supreme Court's 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder hurt minority voters?
On Episode 5 of the ELB Podcast, we talk to Nina Perales, vice president of litigation for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, and one of the country's leading voting rights lawyers.
2015-09-1218 min
ELB PodcastELB Podcast, Episode 4. Bruce Cain: Author Meets CriticsHave efforts to reform the American political system backfired? Do changes in rules for campaign financing, redistricting, government transparency and election administration have unintended and undesirable consequences? On this special Episode 4 of the ELB Podcast, we hear from Bruce Cain, author of the terrific new book, Democracy, More or Less, and four scholars offering critiques of Cain's book. Listen to a September 2015 panel on Cain's new book at the American Political Science Association's annual meeting in San Francisco.
2015-09-071h 06
ELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 3: Larry Lessig: Bold Campaign Reformer or Don Quixote?Larry Lessig for president? The campaign finance reformer considers throwing his hat in the ring and proposes being president only long enough to pass a package of election reforms. What does Lessig believe about campaign finance? What other changes would he make in how we run our elections? Is his campaign strategy sound, given other reformers who have blasted his tactics?
Larry Lessig joins us for a frank conversation about Lessig for President. Larry Lessig: Bold Campaign Reformer or Don Quixote?
2015-08-3033 min
ELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 2: Floyd Abrams, Citizens United, Free Speech, and the Supreme CourtIn Episode 2, we talk with leading First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams about the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, free speech, democracy and the academy.
2015-08-2631 min
ELB PodcastELB Podcast Episode 1: Ari Berman, Give Us the BallotThe ELB Podcast: Episode 1
Interview with Ari Berman, author of Give Us the Ballot
by Rick Hasen of the Election Law Blog
2015-08-1134 min
SCOTUSblog PodcastElection Law with Rick HasenIn today's episode, we discuss Election Law at the Supreme Court with Professor Rick Hasen of the Election Law Blog and Loyala Law School in L.A.
2006-11-2016 min