On April 25, the Federal Election Commission extended the exemption from campaign disclosure requirements for the Socialist Workers Party. The exemption was extended through December 31, 2016. See the finding here. The SWP has been exempt from reporting its federal … Continue reading
The New York City Independence Party has issued recommendations for election law changes in New York state. See them here. The party recommends that the Wilson-Pakula Law be repealed for large political parties such as the Democratic and Republican Parties, … Continue reading
The Oyez Project, at www.oyez.org, has made it possible for anyone to listen to the oral argument in most U.S. Supreme Court cases of the past sixty years. Go to that web page. Choose “cases”. Then choose the decade the … Continue reading
Political scientist Richard J. Hardy wrote “The Paradoxes of Political Parties in American Constitutional Government” in 2011. Here is a link to his 27-page article. Even though it is not new, it is relevant today, especially since many individuals believe … Continue reading
According to this story, Dunsmuir, California’s city council cannot act on any matter whatsoever, because a quorum is three members, but the city council now has only two members. Dunsmuir, like almost all California cities, normally has a 5-person city … Continue reading
