A U.S. District Court in Los Angeles has set various deadlines for Soltysik v Padilla, c.d. 2:15cv-7916. This is the case over California’s election law that lets some, but not all, candidates for Congress and partisan state office have party … Continue reading
On June 18, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee (subcommittee on the Constitution) will hold a hearing on SJR 1, a proposed constitutional amendment for congressional term limits. Senator Ted Cruz is the bill’s sponsor, and he is chair of the … Continue reading
On May 22, the New York legislature passed S5072. It provides that if the Chair of the U.S. House Ways & Means Committee asks New York state for a copy of the state income tax return of any New York … Continue reading
On June 13, the New Hampshire legislature passed HB 706. It sets up an independent redistricting commission, for drawing boundaries for U.S. House and state legislative districts. Thanks to Darryl Perry for this news. … Continue reading
On the afternoon of June 13, the Democratic National Committee officially announced the names of the twenty Democratic presidential candidates who qualified for the first party-sponsored debate. See this story. The debates occur over two evenings, June 26 and 27. … Continue reading
