Richard L Hasen

February 22, 2018 | National Law Journal

When Justice Kagan declared at a 2015 “Scalia Lecture” at Harvard Law School that “we are all textualists now,” she may have been a bit premature.

By Richard L. Hasen

5 minute read

May 12, 2016 | Law.com

OPINION: You don't have to be a lover of the U.S. Supreme Court's noxious Citizens United v. FEC case to be troubled by the corruption prosecution of Virginia governor Bob McDonnell.

By Richard L. Hasen

10 minute read

January 25, 2016 | National Law Journal

Liberals should embrace an interpretation of the Constitution that maximizes the voter choice and enfranchisement of voters, one that would minimize the reach of an archaic constitutional provision suggesting that only those born on U.S. soil are qualified to be president. Fight Cruz on his ideas, not his eligibility for office.

By Richard L. Hasen

5 minute read

October 30, 2015 | National Law Journal

Many people know of Justice Anthony Kennedy's controversial 2010 Supreme Court opinion in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, in which he assured the American people that independent spending in elections cannot corrupt or create the appearance of corruption, and that "ingratiation and access" aren't corruption.

By Richard L. Hasen

4 minute read

October 30, 2015 | National Law Journal

Many people know of Justice Anthony Kennedy's controversial 2010 Supreme Court opinion in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, in which he assured the American people that independent spending in elections cannot corrupt or create the appearance of corruption, and that "ingratiation and access" aren't corruption.

By Richard L. Hasen

4 minute read

August 17, 2015 | National Law Journal

A provision in the campaign-reform law could spur the Supreme Court to hear a challenge.

By Richard L. Hasen

5 minute read

August 14, 2015 | National Law Journal

A provision in the campaign-reform law could spur the Supreme Court to hear a challenge.

By Richard L. Hasen

5 minute read

June 24, 2015 | National Law Journal

One justice publicly announced an error in her dissent, but such candor is rare. The Supreme Court has no excuse for being so opaque about its practices. There is a whole set of ways that it could improve on its transparency.

By Richard L. Hasen

4 minute read

June 24, 2015 | National Law Journal

One justice publicly announced an error in her dissent, but such candor is rare. The Supreme Court has no excuse for being so opaque about its practices. There is a whole set of ways that it could improve on its transparency.

By Richard L. Hasen

4 minute read

November 08, 2004 | National Law Journal

Getting a clear presidential victor out of our shambles of an electoral system was sheer luck, warns Richard Hasen.

By Richard L. Hasen

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