The oral argument in Idaho Republican Party v Ysursa will be held February 17, 2009, in U.S. District Court in Boise. The issue is whether the Constitution protects the right of the Republican Party to exclude outsiders from its primary. … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2008
On November 26, independent U.S. House candidate Faye Coffield filed her brief in U.S. District Court in Georgia, asking that the Georgia ballot access law for independent candidates for U.S. House be declared unconstitutional. Coffield v Williams, 1:08-cv-2755. The state … Continue reading
Cort Wrotnowski, one of the voters who filed a lawsuit on the matter of Barack Obama’s eligibility to be President, has filed for injunctive relief from the U.S. Supreme Court. The Wrotnowski case had been refused by the Connecticut Supreme … Continue reading
On November 26, the 6th circuit issued an opinion in League of Women Voters v Brunner, no. 06-3335, which has excellent philosophy about the protection given to each voter by the U.S. Constitution. This specific case was filed in 2005, … Continue reading
As noted in a blog post of November 21, the tiny town of Alpine, Wyoming, returned to the polls on November 25 to vote again for State Representative. The election on November 4 had been flawed because the two candidates … Continue reading
Alaska has now counted all the votes in the 7th State House district. Incumbent Mike Kelly, a Republican, won by one vote. See this story. … Continue reading