Scotusblog is the leading news source for U.S. Supreme Court news and analysis. When the court is sitting, Scotusblog regularly features cert petitions that seem to have unusual chances for being accepted. On May 3, Scotusblog chose the Kentucky Libertarian cert petition for its coverage. See here.

Kentucky is one of only two states in which a group can never be a qualified party unless it makes a certain showing in a presidential election. The Libertarian and Constitution Parties challenges Kentucky for making the pathway to qualified party status so limited. In many states, there are ballot-qualified parties that only exist in that one state and which don’t even participate in the presidential election. The Court will consider whether to hear this case at its May 11 conference, although no news from that conference will be available until May 15. Thanks to Mark Brown and Oliver Hall for the link.