On November 10, 2021, Joseph Hero filed this interesting brief in the Seventh Circuit in his lawsuit against the Lake County, Indiana Election Board. He is represented by the ACLU of Indiana. He was not permitted to file in the Republican primary for local partisan office in 2019 because the party had “banned” him from the Republican Party, because he had supported two independent candidates for local office.

Hero lost in the U.S. District Court because that Court said he lacks standing. In the Seventh Circuit, the case is Hero v Lake Co. Election Board, 21-2793. Hero’s brief, in its Appendix, has the U.S. District Court opinion.

On January 14, the Ohio Supreme Court struck down the new U.S. House district boundaries. Adams v DeWine, 2022-Oh-89. Like the decision striking down the legislative district boundaries of two days ago, the vote was 4-3. Here is the opinion. Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link.

On January 14, U.S. District Court Judge Lance Walker denied the Maine Green Party’s request to intervene in the Libertarian Party’s ballot access lawsuit, because the Green Party’s paperwork was submitted by two party leaders who are not attorneys. Although any legally competent non-attorney may represent himself or herself in court, only attorneys can represent a group.

The case is Baines v Bellows, 1:19cv-509. The U.S. District Court had struck down the procedures for a member of the Libertarian Party to get on the party’s primary ballot, because the state law doesn’t take into account the number of registered voters in the party and only party members can sign. The Green Party theoretically is still free to retain an attorney and re-apply for relief.