Democratic National Committee Still Hasn’t Chosen the Date of the Virtual Roll-Call that will Nominate for President

The Democratic National Committee has not yet set a date for the virtual roll-call of the delegates to the national convention.  This virtual roll-call will choose the party’s presidential and vice-presidential nominees, and it will be earlier than August 19-22, … Continue reading

All Sixteen Full-Time Judges of the Sixth Circuit Hear Case on How Much Money Parties Can Spend on their Own Nominees

on Wednesday, June 12, all sixteen full-time judges of the Sixth Circuit heard arguments in National Republican Senatorial Committee v Federal Election Commission, 24-3051.  The issue is the McCain-Feingold law that limits how much money parties can spend on their … Continue reading

U.S. Supreme Court Opinion in Abortion Pill Case Will Make it More Difficult for Democratic Party to Challenge Minor Party and Independent Candidate Ballot Access in Federal Court

On June 13, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Food & Drug Administration v Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, 23-235.  Here is the opinion.  It says that plaintiffs do not have standing to challenge an FDA decision to expand … Continue reading