On January 6, John Anthony Castro, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, filed a federal lawsuit, seeking to bar former President Donald J. Trump from seeking the Republican nomination, based on Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. … Continue reading
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On January 6, a 3-judge U.S. District Court struck down the South Carolina U.S. House boundaries for the First District as a violation of the Voting Rights Act. South Carolina Conference of the NAACP v Alexander, 3:21cv-3302. Here is the … Continue reading
On December 4, Pennsylvania state representative Mark Rozzi changed his registration from Democratic to independent, which he had promised to do when he had been elected Speaker of the House earlier that day. See this story. Rozzi was first elected … Continue reading
Twenty U.S. House Republicans have been voting against Kevin McCarthy for Speaker. This blog post takes no position on the wisdom of these Representatives’ decision not to vote for their party’s nominee for Speaker. But it seems obvious that the … Continue reading
On January 4, Buffalo, New York Mayor Byron Brown filed this brief in Meadors v Erie County Board of Elections, w.d., 1:21cv-982. This is the lawsuit against the May petition deadline for New York independent candidates, a deadline created in … Continue reading