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The Ohio legislature is one of the few state legislatures that is meeting in September and October. According to this story, it may pass redistricting reform. … Continue reading
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The case pending in U.S. District Court over whether the Michigan legislature violated the U.S. Constitution when it repealed the straight-ticket device is likely to be decided by a federal jury. The trial is set to begin February 6, 2018, … Continue reading
The Los Angeles Times has this story about the Peoples Party of Seattle. So far it has only run candidates in non-partisan elections. It seems to be a re-branding of the Socialist Alternative Party. Thanks to Gene Berkman for the … Continue reading
On September 8, the plaintiffs in Wilding v Democratic National Committee Services filed an appeal to the Eleventh Circuit. This is the lawsuit in which Bernie Sanders supporters in 2016 who had contributed to the national Democratic Party had filed … Continue reading
Peter Baker, the New York Times White House correspondent, writes here that President Donald J. Trump is “in many ways, the first independent president” since the Civil War. He says this because Trump does not appear to act as a … Continue reading