Professor @UCLA_Law;Director, Safeguarding Democracy Project https://t.co/0QyrTXwUZU rickhasen1 @ https://t.co/MGviJx4bb1 Election Law Blogger
Sep 20, 2018 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
For those questioning whether Ed Whelan may not be acting in good faith in his current role, here's my own unrelated interaction with him. The “Whelan Way:” Ed Whelan’s Bad Faith and Nasty Attack on My Book on Justice Scalia’s Legacy" electionlawblog.org/?p=98592
Real question here is if Ed is the lone ranger here or this is was vetted with his Federalist Society/Trump Administration/Judicial Confirmation Network allies. I'd bet on lone ranger because this is both loony AND counterproductive (makes case for FBI investigation compelling)
Aug 21, 2018 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
If Cohen pleads guilty to bank fraud related to his taxi medallion business, that doesn't implicate Trump.
But if Cohen pleads guilty in connection with campaign finance case, that could directly implicate Trump /1
If Cohen conspired with Trump to make payments to Stormy Daniels in order to help the campaign, then they both could potentially be liable for Cohen making unreported, excessive in-kind contributions to the campaign (and perhaps other charges) /2
Jul 4, 2018 • 24 tweets • 6 min read
On this Independence Day, when we celebrate the U.S. as a democracy and as we await a Scalia-like successor to Justice Kennedy to be nominated for #SCOTUS, some thoughts on how the Court could set the cause of voting rights back significantly in the years to come: /1
The first way that the Court can negatively affect voting rights is by holding that democracy-enhancing laws like the Voting Rights Act or campaign contribution limits are unconstitutional. The second way is by upholding state laws making it harder to register and vote. /2
May 3, 2018 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
That is crazy.
To begin with if it is campaign related, it would be an unreported loan to the campaign from Cohen.
Then it would be an unreported expenditure.
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It also could implicate problems with fraud in relation to the reasons for the home equity loan, but that's outside my area.
