On December 7, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to take up the case Kelly v Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 20A98. Justice Samuel Alito had referred the case to the entire court, which then rejected it without noted dissent from any justice. … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On December 4, U.S. District Court Judge Charles Lovell upheld Montana’s law that bans out-of-state circulators for initiative petitions. He also upheld the Montana law that bans paying initiative circulators on a per-signature basis. Pierce v Stapleton, 6:18cv-63. Here is … Continue reading
The Minnesota Secretary of State has not filed any response in De La Fuente v Simon, 20-612. This is Rocky De La Fuente’s challenge to the Minnesota presidential primary law that says the party has complete control over which presidential … Continue reading
On December 8, Pennsylvania’s Governor and Department of State filed this response in Kelly v Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 20A98. This is the case in which a Republican Pennsylvania Congressmember asks the U.S. Supreme Court to stop certification of Pennsylvania’s election … Continue reading
The Working Families Party polled 4.49% of the New York presidential vote this year. That is more than double the party’s previous best showing for president in New York, which had been 2.09%, which it received in both 2004 and … Continue reading