On December 30, U.S. District Court Judge Paul J. Barbadoro, a Bush Sr. appointee, declined to dismiss the lawsuit Libertarian Party of New Hampshire v Gardner, 1:14cv-322. The case was filed in July 2014 and challenges the new law that … Continue reading
On December 29, the Tenth Circuit denied a request for rehearing that had been filed by Kansas and Arizona, in Kobach v U.S. Election Assistance Commission. Those two states had lost earlier this month, and had asked the court for … Continue reading
According to this story, Michael Grimm, who was just re-elected to Congress from New York city last month, will resign this week. He is the only Republican member of the U.S. House from New York city. A special election will … Continue reading
On December 17, the New Jersey voters who believe that New Jersey’s primaries violate the U.S. Constitution filed this reply brief. The case is Balsam v Secretary of State of New Jersey, 14-3882, now pending in the Third Circuit. New … Continue reading
Political Science Professors Walter Dean Burnham and Thomas Ferguson have published “Americans are sick to Death of Both Parties; Why Our Politics is in Worse Shape than we Thought” in Alternet. The article was posted December 18, 2014. Burnham was … Continue reading
The Maine Libertarian Party has become the first group to comply with the 2013 law that says if a group wants to qualify as a political party, it must notify the state in December of an even-numbered year. Such a … Continue reading