On August 15, Rocky De La Fuente asked the U.S. District Court in San Diego (the Southern District) to retain his presidential tax returns-ballot lawsuit in that city. The state of California is trying to persuade the judge in San … Continue reading
U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt will hear Schmitz v Marion County Board of Elections, s.d., 1:19cv-3314, on August 29, Thursday, at 2 pm. This is the case over whether signatures on an independent candidate petition are valid if … Continue reading
The First Circuit will hear Lyman v Baker, 18-2235, on September 10, Tuesday, in Boston. This is one of the four cases that challenges the practice of electing presidential electors at-large. … Continue reading
George Skelton, California’s veteran politics reporter, writes here for the Los Angeles Times that the new California law requiring presidential primary candidates to reveal their income tax returns is just “petty politics.” Also, the Mail Tribune, the daily newspaper for … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court has granted Washington state’s “disobedient” 2016 presidential electors more time to file their petition for cert, in Chiafalo v Washington. This is the case over whether the state can fine presidential electors $1,000 if they vote … Continue reading
