On June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled part of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law unconstitutional. Davis v Federal Election Commission, 07-320. The vote was 5-4. Here is the opinion. This case concerned the “Millionaire’s Amendment”, which relaxes contribution limits … Continue reading
The list of independent presidential candidates who filed slates of presidential elector candidates in Rhode Island is: Ralph Nader, Denise McSheffrey, and Yonyuth Hongsakaphadana. These candidates now need at least 1,000 valid signatures, due September 5. The list of unqualified … Continue reading
CNN has this story about Sonny Landham, Libertarian Party nominee for U.S. Senate in Kentucky this year. He has been an actor, and was in Predator. As the article notes, the cast of Predator (released in 1987) also included two … Continue reading
The Washington Post has this lengthy article about Ralph Nader in its June 25 issue. Unfortunately, the article is mostly a re-hash of all the same points that have been written about Nader for years. There is no mention that … Continue reading
Utah held its primary (for office other than president) on June 24. Jason Chaffetz defeated incumbent Chris Cannon in the Republican primary, for the U.S. House, 3rd district. Chaffetz had been criticized during the campaign because he doesn’t live in … Continue reading
