On February 3, the Michigan state government filed this brief in Daunt v Benson, 19-2377, the case over Michigan’s nonpartisan redistricting commission. The existence of the commission is being challenged by persons associated with the Michigan Republican Party. The oral … Continue reading
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On February 4, Ohio initiative proponents asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Schmitt v LaRose, 19-974. This is the case on whether a local Ohio election official should have the power to reject a local initiative, even though it … Continue reading
Alabama elects all its State Supreme Court Justices, all its State Court of Criminal Appeals Judges, and all its State Court of Civil Appeals Judges, in partisan statewide elections. In 2016 the Alabama NAACP filed a lawsuit under the federal … Continue reading
On January 30, the Georgia House Rules Committee sent HB 757 back to the Governmental Affairs Committee for revision. This is the bill that changes special elections for U.S. Senate that are simultaneous with a regularly-scheduled election. Current law says … Continue reading
The Republican National Committee has filed this amicus curiae brief in Carney v Adams, 19-309. This is the case over the Delaware Constitution, which says in Article IV, section 3, “Three of the five Justices of the Supreme Court in … Continue reading