According to this story, Bill Kristol and other anti-Trump Republicans may recruit David French to run for President as an independent. French is an attorney in Tennessee, and a staff writer for National Review. Thanks to Political Wire for the … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2016
On Thursday, June 9, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear Tuaua v U.S., 15-981. This is the case on whether the 14th amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires that persons born in American Samoa be considered citizens, … Continue reading
Oregon held presidential primaries for three parties on May 17. No names were printed on the Independent Party’s primary ballot. Election officials promised to tally all the write-ins in that primary, since it is the write-in votes that will determine … Continue reading
This St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial hopes that the Republican and Democratic Parties will act to eliminate the automatic time preference that Iowa and New Hampshire enjoy, in the presidential selection process for those two parties. … Continue reading
The Hoover Institution’s publication, Eureka, has this commentary about California’s top-two system by Steve Greenhut. It also has this commentary by Paul “Pete” Peterson. UPDATE: the Greenhut piece has been republished in R Street, a Washington, D.C. politics blog. Also, … Continue reading