All briefs are now filed in Kurita v State Primary Board of the Tennessee Democratic Party, pending in the 6th circuit. Here is the Democratic Party’s brief and here is Senator Rosalind Kurita’s reply brief. The issue is whether the … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Mississippi’s Secretary of State, Delbert Hosemann, will try to get an initiative on the 2010 ballot to require voters at the polls to show photo-ID. Mississippi has had the initiative process since 1983, but in all those years, only one … Continue reading
Congressman Erik Paulsen (R-Minnesota) introduced HR 2393 on May 19. It provides that absentee ballots sent to overseas members of the military should use Express Mail. Most U.S. military bases around the world receive an ordinary piece of Express Mail … Continue reading
The New Press has just listed Theresa Amato’s new book on its webpage. See here. The book is “Grand Illusion: The Myth of Voter Choice in a Two-Party Tyranny.” … Continue reading
On May 26, news reports revealed that President Barack Obama will choose Sonia Sotomayor for the David Souter seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. Judge Sotomayor was the first federal judge to rule favorably in a constitutional case involving write-in … Continue reading