On December 6, the U.S. Supreme Court accepted Carney v Adams, 19-309. This is the case over the provision of the Delaware Constitution that says in most state courts, the only persons who can be appointed are members of a … Continue reading
On December 5, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the decision of a U.S. District Court in Washington Post v McManus, 19-1132. The issue was a new Maryland law requiring web pages that carry political ads to report a great deal of … Continue reading
South Carolina’s Democratic Party primary will be held February 29. Fourteen candidates will be on the ballot: Michael Bennett, Joe Biden, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Julian Castro, John Delaney, Tulsi Gabbard, Amy Klobuchar, Deval Patrick, Bernie Sanders, Tom Steyer, Elizabeth … Continue reading
The Post & Courier, Charleston, South Carolina’s daily newspaper, writes here that the state court still hasn’t issued a ruling in Inglis v South Carolina Republican Party. This is the lawsuit over whether the state party violated its own rules … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court had previously said it would consider whether to hear Chiafalo v Washington, 19-465, at its December 13 conference. But on December 5, the Court added an entry to the docket for this case, which reads simply, … Continue reading
