On January 21, the Arkansas House Stage Agencies & Governmental Affairs Committee passed HB 1021 unanimously. The bill moves the presidential primary from February to May. Arkansas law provides that newly qualifying parties may have a presidential primary, although not … Continue reading
On January 21, the 10th circuit refused to rehear Yes on Term Limits v Savage, no. 07-6233. This is the case in which the 10th circuit had struck down Oklahoma’s ban on out-of-state initiative circulators, back on December 18. The … Continue reading
On January 15, 2009, the Pennsylvania Green Party’s US Senate candidate from 2006, Carl Romanelli, again asked the Commonwealth Court for relief from having to pay over $80,000 to the people who challenged his petition. Here is his brief. It … Continue reading
On January 16, U.S. District Court Judge John P. Bailey ruled that the lawsuit Constitution Party of West Virginia v Jezioro, no. 2:08-cv-61, should proceed to trial. The party had filed the lawsuit on April 18, 2008, against the state … Continue reading
On January 21, the U.S. Supreme Court unsurprisingly denied Phil Berg’s request for a stay, in Berg v Obama, 08A505. That is the last aspect of that particular case that had been in the U.S. Supreme Court. Phil Berg has … Continue reading
