July 29 – Rick Hasen with Patt Morrison
Democracy on the Ballot: Voting Rights, the Supreme Court and the Future of American Elections
Rick Hasen
Rick Hasen is an American legal scholar and expert in legislation, election law and campaign finance. He is currently a professor of law at UCLA Law and the Director of UCLA Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project. Hasen was one of the founding co-editors of the quarterly Election Law Journal, a peer reviewed publication on election law. He also runs Election Law Blog, focusing on election law, campaign finance, voting rights, initiatives, redistricting, and other legal issues. He is the author of six critically acclaimed books including his latest, A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy.
Patt Morrison
Patt Morrison has a share of two Pulitzer Prizes as a longtime Los Angeles Times writer and columnist. As a public television and radio broadcaster, she has won six Emmys and a dozen Golden Mike awards. Her first book, “Rio LA,” about the Los Angeles River, was a bestseller. Her most recent book is, “Don’t Stop the Presses! Truth, Justice, and the American Newspaper.”