On February 20, the Arizona House passed a carelessly-written bill to make presidential primary ballot access more difficult. Currently, presidential candidates only need to file a declaration of candidacy and demonstrate that they have a committee promoting their candidacy in … Continue reading
On March 2, the Virginia Senate passed HB 736, which moves the congressional and local office primary from June to August. The bill must now return to the House, because the Senate made an amendment. The bill also moves the … Continue reading
Jon Huntsman has been disinvited from a lavish fundraiser for the Republican National Committe. According to this story, the reason is that Huntsman said publicly a few days ago that the nation needs a new political party. Thanks to Rick … Continue reading
Scotusblog is the nation’s leading blog for U.S. Supreme Court news. For many years, it has reviewed all cert petitions, and then it chooses “petitions to watch”. This watch list consists of cases that Scotusblog believes have a fair chance … Continue reading
On March 2, the Tennessee Attorney General’s office filed a notice, indicating that he expects to appeal the ballot access case to the 6th circuit. The case is Green Party of Tennessee v Hargett. On February 3, the U.S. District … Continue reading
