American legal scholar
Richard L. Hasen is an American legal scholar and law professor at the
University of California, Los Angeles . He is an expert in
legislation ,
election law and
campaign finance .
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Early life and education
Hasen received his
Bachelor of Arts with highest honors from the
University of California, Berkeley , in 1986.
[1] His Bachelor's degree is in Middle Eastern studies.
[1] He received his
Master of Arts with distinction in political science in 1988 and
Doctor of Philosophy in
political science in 1992, both from the
University of California, Los Angeles .
[1] He received his
Juris Doctor from
UCLA School of Law in 1991, and was elected to the
Order of the Coif .
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Career
Hasen was a
law clerk to Judge
David R. Thompson of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1991 to 1992 before joining the
law firm of Horvitz & Levy LLP, in
Encino, California .
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He taught at the
Chicago-Kent College of Law from 1994 to 1997.
[2] In 1998 he took a position at
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles ; in 2005, he was named by Loyola as the William H. Hannon Distinguished Professor of Law. He left Loyola to become a professor at the
University of California, Irvine School of Law in July 2011.
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Hasen was one of the founding co-editors of the quarterly
Election Law Journal , a peer reviewed publication on election law.
[1] He also runs ElectionLawBlog , a blog focusing on
election law , campaign finance, voting rights, initiatives, redistricting, and other legal issues.
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In 2009,
[1] Hasen was elected to the
American Law Institute .
[7] In 2013, the
National Law Journal included Hasen on its list of the "100 most influential lawyers in America."
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In 2022, Hasen became a professor at the UCLA Law School.
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Books
Hasen, Richard L. (August 14, 2012). The Voting Wars: From Florida 2000 to the Next Election Meltdown .
Yale University Press .
ISBN
978-0-300-18421-1 .
JSTOR
j.ctt32bft8 .
OCLC
808341874 .
Hasen, Richard L. (January 12, 2016). Plutocrats United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of American Elections . Yale University Press.
ISBN
978-0-300-21674-5 .
OCLC
936378410 .
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Hasen, Richard L. (March 20, 2018). The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption . Yale University Press.
ISBN
978-0-300-22864-9 .
OCLC
1002129887 .
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Hasen, Richard L. (February 4, 2020). Election Meltdown: Dirty Tricks, Distrust, and the Threat to American Democracy . Yale University Press.
doi :
10.2307/j.ctvw1d4ww .
ISBN
978-0-300-24819-7 .
JSTOR
j.ctvw1d4ww .
OCLC
1111981022 .
S2CID
243732678 .
Hasen, Richard L. (March 8, 2022). Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics―and How to Cure It . Yale University Press.
ISBN
978-0-300-25937-7 .
Hasen, Richard L. (February 20, 2024). A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy .
Princeton University Press .
ISBN
9780691257716 .
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References
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"Richard L. Hasen" .
University of California, Irvine .
Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020 .
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"Richard Hasen" .
Georgetown University Law Center .
Archived from the original on August 26, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020 .
^ Maxwell, William Earl; Crain, Ernest; Santos, Adolfo (2013).
Texas Politics Today, 2013–2014 Edition . Cengage Learning. p. 81.
ISBN
978-1-285-54610-0 .
Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020 .
^ Barr, Andy.
"Deadlock: Rise of the Endless Election" .
NBC Connecticut .
Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020 .
^ Barr, Andy.
"Deadlock: Rise of the endless election" .
Politico .
Archived from the original on September 14, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2020 .
^ Barr, Andy.
"Birther debate alive across U.S."
Politico .
Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020 .
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"Professor Richard L. Hasen" .
American Law Institute .
Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020 .
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"The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America" .
The American Lawyer . March 25, 2013.
Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020 .
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"Richard L. Hasen" . The Regents of the University of California.
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"Hasen Moving to UCLA Law" . March 24, 2022.
^ Reviews of Plutocrats United :
^ Russello, Gerald J. (2019).
The Review of Politics . 81 (1): 136–141.
doi :
10.1017/S0034670518000803 .
ISSN
0034-6705 . {{
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"A Real Right to Vote | Princeton University Press" . press.princeton.edu . February 20, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2024 .
External links
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