On September 9, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold appeared on MSNBC and said that the 14th amendment, section 3, likely gives her the authority to bar former President Donald Trump from the Colorado Republican presidential primary ballot. See this … Continue reading
On September 5, a 3-judge U.S. District Court in Alabama struck down the state’s new U.S. House redistricting plan. The state then asked for a stay. Now the voter-plaintiffs who won the case have filed a brief explaining why the … Continue reading
On August 8, an elected California public official filed a federal lawsuit to keep former President Donald Trump’s name off 2024 ballots. Schaefer v USA and Donald Trump, s.d., 3:23cv-1451. The plaintiff is a member of the California Board of … Continue reading
Whether you agree or disagree (and I largely agree) with the content of this excerpt of the book “Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point,” by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, which will be released on … Continue reading
On August 30, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Pitman, an Obama appointee, struck down an Austin, Texas campaign finance restriction. Virden v City of Auustin, Texas, w.d., 1:21cv-271. The law forbade candidates for city office to receive campaign contributions more … Continue reading
