On April 12, the 9th circuit heard oral arguments in McComish v Bennett, the case over Arizona’s public funding law for candidates for state office. The basic concept of public funding for candidates is not under attack in this case. … Continue reading
Bill Redpath, national chair of the Libertarian Party, is in Oklahoma April 10-12. He is lobbying Oklahoma legislators for better ballot access. He is also appearing at a press conference called by OBAR (Oklahomans for Ballot Access Reform) on April … Continue reading
The Freedom Socialist Party will hold a national convention July 9-12 at Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington. The Freedom Socialist Party has not run a candidate for any partisan office since 2004, when it had a candidate on the Oregon … Continue reading
Stewart Alexander, the Socialist Party’s vice-presidential nominee in 2008, has this commentary on California’s Proposition 14 in Indybay, the voice of the San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center. It ran on April 9. … Continue reading
Law Professor Mark R. Brown has this op-ed in the April 10 Columbus, Ohio Dispatch. The op-ed concerns the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case Doe v Reed, which is being argued on April 28. Brown says that a recent amicus … Continue reading
