Dr. Richard Hasen

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Richard L. Hasen is the Gary T. Schwartz Endowed Chair Law Professor at UCLA School of Law, and serves as the Director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project. He is an internationally recognized expert in election law, focusing on areas such as legislation, statutory interpretation, remedies, and torts. Hasen is the co-author of several leading casebooks in election law remedies and has published over 100 articles on election law issues in prestigious journals including the Harvard Law Review and the Yale Law Journal. He has served as an election law analyst for both NBC News/MSNBC and CNN, bringing insights from his extensive academic and professional experience. Hasen's contributions to the field also include his role as Reporter for the American Law Institute's Restatement of Torts: Remedies. His works have earned him recognition as one of the top lawyers in America and California. He has held teaching positions at various law schools, including the Chicago-Kent College of Law and Loyola Law School, and was named a Chancellor's Professor at the University of California, Irvine. His research interests include the impact of disinformation on politics, and he has authored several books, with his latest, "Real Right Vote: Constitutional Amendment to Safeguard American Democracy," set to be published in February 2024 by Princeton University Press.

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