On May 6, a Georgia Administrative Law Judge ruled that Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene does qualify to run for Congress. He said the evidence presented against her does not clearly show that she engaged in “insurrection”, as discussed in the … Continue reading
Richard Winger
The Seventh Circuit has set a briefing schedule for Gill v Scholz, the Illinois case that challenges the 5% petition for independent candidates for U.S. House. The lower court had upheld the law. The plaintiffs’ brief is due May 31.
On May 5, Alaska SB 161 passed the House Judiciary Committee. It had already passed the State Senate and the House State Affairs Committee. This is the bill to ease the definition of a qualified party. … Continue reading
U.S. District Court Judge Waverly Crenshaw, an Obama appointee, will hear Newsom v Golden, m.d., 3:22cv-318, on Tuesday, May 10, at 9 a.m. This is the case over the Tennessee Republican Party’s disqualification of a congressional candidate in its own … Continue reading
On April 21, the South Carolina Senate passed HB 4919 unanimously. Among other things, it bans fusion, the ability of two parties to jointly nominate the same candidate. However, the bill was amended in the Senate, so it must return … Continue reading