Two lawsuits regarding general election presidential debates are pending. Level the Playing Field v FEC will be heard in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., on January 5 at 10 a.m.. That was the first debates lawsuit to be filed, and it is based on campaign finance law. It has not yet had any type of decision.

The second debates lawsuit, Johnson v Commission on Presidential Debates, is now in the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit. It is based on anti-trust law and has already lost in U.S. District Court. The opening brief for Gary Johnson and Jill Stein in the D.C. Circuit is due January 31, 2017; the Commission’s brief is due March 2, 2017.