Richard L. Hasen

Richard L. Hasen is a professor of law at UCLA and the director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project. He is the author of Election Meltdown: Dirty Tricks, Distrust, and the Threat to American Democracy, Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics—and How to Cure It, and the forthcoming A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy.  

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The Actual Danger of Trump’s Phony Vote-by-Mail Executive Order
Richard L. Hasen
April 01, 2026 5:59 AM
I Wrote a Book in Support of Nationalizing Elections. Trump Changed My Mind.
Richard L. Hasen
Feb 03, 2026 1:53 PM
Trump’s Continued Obsession With 2020 Is a Joke. His Raid on a Georgia Election Site Is Not.
Richard L. Hasen
Jan 29, 2026 2:38 PM
One Supreme Court Case Is Most Responsible for Our Oligarchy. It’s Not the One You Think.
Richard L. Hasen
Jan 28, 2026 5:45 AM
Republicans Are Suing to Kill California’s Pro-Democratic Gerrymander. They Have a Huge Problem.
Matthew Cooke and Richard L. Hasen
Nov 18, 2025 5:01 PM
The Supreme Court Just Took a Scary Case That Has Trump Salivating. He Might Not Like the Outcome.
Richard L. Hasen
Nov 11, 2025 1:04 PM
Gavin Newsom Just Proved It: Voters Want Democrats to Fight Fire With Fire
Richard L. Hasen
Nov 06, 2025 2:39 PM
The Supreme Court Just Signaled Something Deeply Disturbing About the Next Term
Richard L. Hasen
Aug 04, 2025 5:59 AM
Two Supreme Court Justices Invited an All-Out Assault on the Voting Rights Act. Now It’s Here.
Richard L. Hasen
May 14, 2025 4:11 PM
We’re Getting Dangerously Close to a Losing North Carolina Candidate Being Declared the Winner
Richard L. Hasen
April 14, 2025 12:53 PM
What Elon Musk Won in Wisconsin
Richard L. Hasen
April 03, 2025 3:55 PM
The Ultrarich Have Reshaped Presidential Elections. Here’s Where They’re Looking Next.
Richard L. Hasen
March 27, 2025 5:40 AM
One Possible Explanation for Justice Merchan’s Last-Second Decision to Sentence Trump
Richard L. Hasen and Jeremy Stahl
Jan 03, 2025 5:31 PM
Thousands of Pennsylvania Ballots Will Be Tossed on a Technicality. Thank SCOTUS.
Richard L. Hasen
Nov 04, 2024 10:00 AM
Why the “Blue Shift” Everyone Seems to Have Forgotten Might Be More Dangerous This Time
Richard L. Hasen
Oct 24, 2024 11:08 AM
Elon Musk Might Have Broken the Law Against Bribing Voters. Whoops!
Richard L. Hasen
Oct 16, 2024 3:20 PM
Why the Supreme Court May Not Decide the 2024 Election After All
Richard L. Hasen
Oct 10, 2024 11:35 AM
Jack Smith’s Big New Jan. 6 Brief Is a Major Indictment of the Supreme Court
Richard L. Hasen
Oct 02, 2024 5:44 PM
A Last-Minute Effort to Mess With the 2024 Vote Is Underway. It’s Scarier Than Expected.
Richard L. Hasen
Sept 20, 2024 3:19 PM
Kamala Harris Will Have No Problems Getting on All of the Ballots
Richard L. Hasen
July 22, 2024 5:50 AM