On July 21, the Colorado Democratic State Central Committee moved the party’s 2008 presidential caucuses from March to February. The Colorado Republican State Central Committee may make the same move; that decision will be made early in August. Thanks to … Continue reading
Richard Winger
FOX News released a national poll on July 19 for the Republican presidential primary race. It shows Giuliani 27%, McCain 16%, Fred Thompson 16%, Romney 9%, Huckabee 3%, Paul 2%, Tommy Thompson 1%, Brownback 1%, Tancredo 1%, other and don’t … Continue reading
On July 20, the 5th circuit reversed the U.S. District Court and ruled that elected Texas state judges may not be censured for holding a press release and denouncing the actions of a particular lawyer. Jenevein v Willing, 06-50368. The … Continue reading
Generally speaking, “sore loser laws” (election laws that say someone who failed to be nominated in a party primary, cannot then be independent candidates in the general election) don’t apply to presidential candidates. We know this, because of precedent. John … Continue reading
A hearing was held recently in White v Galvin, the case pending in state court over whether a Massachusetts law, mandating that incumbents are always listed first on the ballot, violates the U.S. Constitution. The government claims the lawsuit is … Continue reading