On Thursday, January 5, U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan will hear arguments in Level the Playing Field v FEC, 1:15cv-1397. The hearing is at 10 a.m. The Prettyman federal courthouse is at 333 Constitution Avenue NW near Third Street, … Continue reading
North Carolina is waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if the entire state legislature will be up for election in November 2017. Normally North Carolina, like 45 other states, elects all its legislators in even years. But on … Continue reading
The print edition of the New York Times for January 4, 2017, has an essay by Eduardo Porter, “How Dysfunction Threatens U.S. Democracy.” The same article with a slightly different title is on-line here. The essay is general, but the … Continue reading
According to this story, Jill Stein did not spend all the money she raised for the recounts in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. She will use the balance, estimate to be between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000, for a new organization that will … Continue reading
The Philadelphia Inquirer has this editorial, advocating that the nation eliminate the electoral college. It’s the latest in a long series of electoral college reform proposals. … Continue reading
