The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear Tedards v Ducey, 19-1427, at its December 11 conference. This is the Arizona case on whether Governors can appoint replacement U.S. Senators to a term greater than two years. On August … Continue reading
Missouri Representative Dan Stacey (R-Blue Springs) introduced HB 26 on December 1, 2020. It would change Missouri primaries from open to closed. Representative Stacey has introduced a similar bill before, but his previous bills didn’t pass. Thanks to Ken Bush … Continue reading
On December 7, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to take up the case Kelly v Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 20A98. Justice Samuel Alito had referred the case to the entire court, which then rejected it without noted dissent from any justice. … Continue reading
On December 4, U.S. District Court Judge Charles Lovell upheld Montana’s law that bans out-of-state circulators for initiative petitions. He also upheld the Montana law that bans paying initiative circulators on a per-signature basis. Pierce v Stapleton, 6:18cv-63. Here is … Continue reading
The Minnesota Secretary of State has not filed any response in De La Fuente v Simon, 20-612. This is Rocky De La Fuente’s challenge to the Minnesota presidential primary law that says the party has complete control over which presidential … Continue reading
