On July 21, U.S. District Court Judge Gershwin A. Drain, an Obama appointee, issued an injunction ordering Michigan to restore the straight-ticket device that the legislature repealed earlier this year. Michigan State A. Philip Randolph Institute v Johnson, e.d., 16-cv-11844. … Continue reading
Richard Winger
This Suffolk University Poll shows that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are tied, if respondents are not asked about any candidates except those two. But when Gary Johnson and Jill Stein are included in the poll, Clinton has a 4-point … Continue reading
David Gill, an independent candidate for U.S. House in the Illinois 13th district, has been challenged off the ballot. He needs 10,754 valid signatures and he was found to have only 8,593. According to this story, he will soon file … Continue reading
The Commission on Presidential Debates’ 15% polling requirement is surprisingly arbitrary, when one actually reads it and thinks about it. Law Professor Derek Muller analyzes this here. … Continue reading
On July 20, an en banc panel of all 15 full-time Fifth Circuit judges issued an opinion in Veasey v State of Texas, 14-41127. Nine of the fifteen voted that the Texas law requiring certain kinds of government photo-ID law … Continue reading