On May 8, the Oklahoma House rejected the Senate’s amendments to HB 2134, and asked for a Conference Committee so that both houses can agree on a common version of the bill. HB 2134 is the bill that lowers the … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2014
The Ohio Secretary of State’s web page has unofficial election returns here (this particular link is to the statewide offices). They show that each of the three minor party declared write-in candidates for statewide office received the needed 500 write-in … Continue reading
On May 7, a U.S. District Court in Arizona heard Arizona Green Party v Bennett, 2:14cv-375. The lawsuit challenges the February petition deadline for newly-qualifying parties to submit signatures. According to this article, the judge looked askance at the party’s … Continue reading
In 2011, the California legislature created new classes of methods for dealing with individuals convicted of certain crimes: “Mandatory Supervision” and “Post-Release Community Supervision.” On May 7, a California Superior Court in Alameda County ruled that individuals in those categories … Continue reading
On May 6, U.S. District Court Judge Rudolph T. Randa, a George Bush Sr. appointee, issued a 26-page injunction in O’Keefe v Schmitz, eastern district, 14-C-139. The order tells Wisconsin prosecutors to cease their search for evidence that the Club … Continue reading