Rick Hasen writes about, comments in major media on recent campaign finance, voting rights issues
Professor Richard L. Hasen is Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. Hasen is a nationally recognized expert in election law and campaign finance regulation, and is co-author of a leading casebook on election law.
Prof. Hasen was quoted extensively in the media after allegations surfaced June 19, 2014 that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker had violated campaign finance laws. He was also quoted in news coverage of the June 24 Republican Senate runoff in Mississippi.
Wisconsin Campaign Finance Case
Prof. Hasen wrote commentary on the Walker case in Slate and on his Election Law Blog, and was quoted by a variety of media sources, including:
- MSNBC
- The Washington Post
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: June 19 and June 20
- The Center for Media and Democracy’s PR Watch
- The Huffington Post
Mississippi GOP Senate Race
Numerous media sought Prof. Hasen’s analysis on poll watchers and enforceability of a state law on voting in party primaries, including:
- Mississippi Public Broadcasting
- The New York Times
- The New York Times Editorial Page Editor’s Blog
- NPR
- The Daily Beast
- MSNBC
- CBS News
- The Hill