Current Missouri law says the presidential primary should be in early February, but national Republican and Democratic Party rules say states (except for four particular states) must not be earlier than March. According to this story in Frontloading HQ, Missouri … Continue reading
Wired has this story about Righthaven, the company that contracted with various newspapers to seek out blogs that re-print newspaper stories in full, and then sue those blogs. For example, Righthaven sued Independent Political Report, and IPR had to pay … Continue reading
On September 14, attorneys for intervenors asked the Third Circuit to rehear the Carl Lewis case. The request is that all 13 full-time judges on the Third Circuit participate. The case is Lewis v Guadagno, 11-3401. The issue is the … Continue reading
Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (R-Chester) is about to introduce a bill that would provide that each U.S. House district choose its own presidential elector. If this plan had been in effect in 2008, Republicans would have won ten … Continue reading
New York held six special legislative elections on September 13. Both the Working Families Party, and the Green Party, had their own nominees in some of these elections. The Working Families nominee in the 54th Assembly district in Brooklyn, Jesus … Continue reading
