On September 16, independent candidate James Hall filed a lawsuit against Alabama, seeking a reduction in the number of signatures needed for petitioning candidates in the upcoming special election to fill the vacant U.S. House seat, First District. The lawsuit … Continue reading
The Arkansas Green Party, and also the Arkansas Libertarian Party, are both petitioning to get on the 2014 ballot. The Green Party now has 10,700 signatures toward its goal of 16,000. It is believed that the Libertarian Party petition also … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court returns from its summer recess on September 30, when it holds a conference to decide whether to hear certain cases. Probably the Court will then announce on October 1 whether it is hearing any particular cases, … Continue reading
The September 14 New York Times has this article, which suggests that Great Britain’s coalition government (between the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democratic Party) has lasted longer, and been more successful, than expected. No party got a majority of … Continue reading
This interesting, lengthy Bloomberg article about the Australian Senate results, in the September 7, features the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, who was elected to the Australian Senate from New South Wales. It quotes him as saying he realized … Continue reading
