Richard L. Hasen
professor at UCLA School of Law
Richard L. Hasen is professor at UCLA School of Law, where he directs its Safeguarding Democracy Project.
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Richard L. Hasen
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How the Supreme Court could aid the GOP’s redistricting games
If the court rules quickly enough in a key voting rights case, it could allow yet another round of partisan redistricting before the 2026 midterms.
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Trump started a redistricting war. Only Congress can stop it.
As the Cold War taught us, détente is better than mutually assured destruction for all the parties.
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Trump’s executive order on elections is a blatant power grab
It seems especially dangerous to take power away from the states when there are many threats to our democracy.
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Voting in the U.S. shouldn’t be this hard
While many Americans think of the United States as a leader in many areas, its approach to voting rights is nothing to be proud of.
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Ballot boxes were set on fire in Oregon and Washington. What happens to the votes?
Federal and state authorities need to extinguish this kind of violence before things get more out of hand.
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Two big questions raised by Elon Musk’s Trumpian transformation of X
Even if the worst does not come to pass, Musk is already hastening truth decay.