The U.S. Supreme Court considered whether or not to hear Green Party of Connecticut v Lenge, 10-795, on March 25. However, when the orders list from the March 25 conference was released on March 28, the Court had neither accepted … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2011
The March 29 (Sunday) New York Times has this review of Martin Duberman’s “A saving remnant: the Radical Lives of Barbara Deming and David McReynolds”. David McReynolds was the Socialist Party’s presidential nominee in 1980 as well as in 2000. … Continue reading
On March 23, the Maine Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government held a hearing on LD 545. This is the bill to ease the number of signatures for a member of a small qualified party to get on … Continue reading
Lyle Denniston of Scotusblog has this clear, impartial, and lengthy analysis of the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in the Arizona public funding case, which is actually two cases, McComish v Brewer, and Arizona Free Enterprise Club’s PAC v … Continue reading
Canada will almost certainly hold a national parliamentary election on May 2. See this story. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link. … Continue reading
The Boston Herald has this editorial, criticizing bills in the Massachusetts legislature to increase the number of signatures needed to put a statewide initiative on the ballot. Thanks to Bill Van Allen for the link. … Continue reading