Eleventh Circuit Stays U.S. District Court Decision that Enjoined Some New Florida Voting Procedures

Posted on by May 6, 2022
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On May 6, the Eleventh Circuit stayed the decision of a U.S. District Court in League of Women Voters of Florida v Lee, 22-11143. Here is the 15-page opinion. The U.S. District Court had enjoined some new restrictions on voting that were included in Senate Bill 90, but that injunction is now lifted. The three judges on the Eleventh Circuit who issued the opinion are Kevin C. Newsom, Barbara Lagoa, and Andrew L. Brasher, all Trump appointees.

Georgia Administrative Law Judge Rules that Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene Did Not Engage in Insurrection

Posted on by May 6, 2022
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On May 6, a Georgia Administrative Law Judge ruled that Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene does qualify to run for Congress. He said the evidence presented against her does not clearly show that she engaged in “insurrection”, as discussed in the Fourteenth Amendment. See this story. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.

The Congresswoman is still arguing in the Eleventh Circuit that the state had no right to judge her qualifications, but perhaps that case will be considered moot.

Tennessee Congressional Qualifications Case Has Hearing Tuesday, May 10

Posted on by May 5, 2022
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U.S. District Court Judge Waverly Crenshaw, an Obama appointee, will hear Newsom v Golden, m.d., 3:22cv-318, on Tuesday, May 10, at 9 a.m. This is the case over the Tennessee Republican Party’s disqualification of a congressional candidate in its own primary. The party says no one can run in its primary who hasn’t voted in three of the last four Republican primaries in the state. The plaintiff-candidate can’t comply because he wasn’t living in Tennessee that long.