Dick Gregory, the last surviving presidential candidate from the November 1968 election, died on August 20. He was 84 and was living in Washington, D.C. He was the Freedom and Peace presidential nominee in 1968. Here is a major obituary … Continue reading
On Friday, August 18, attorneys for the government of Texas asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule the recent decision of a 3-judge U.S. District Court that the state must redraw some of its U.S. House district boundaries. Thanks to … Continue reading
The Eighth Circuit will hear Libertarian Party of Arkansas v Martin, 16-3794, on Wednesday, September 20, at 9 a.m., in St. Louis. The Libertarian Party had won in the U.S. District Court, and the state is appealing. The issue is … Continue reading
On August 16, the Fifth Circuit issued an 18-page opinion in Organization for Chinese Americans v State of Texas, 16-51126. The decision agrees with the U.S. District Court that a Texas law, requiring interpreters at the polls to be registered … Continue reading
On August 17, two Libertarian Party candidates for local partisan office in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, won decisions in state court that they should remain on the ballot. Jennifer Moore, running for Auditor of Upper Providence Township, was originally told that … Continue reading
