In 2025, the Democratic National Committee asked political consultant Paul Rivera to compile an “autopsy” on why the party lost the Democratic presidential election, but the party then refused to release it for public reading. However, the report has now been made public. See this story. Apparently the report says nothing about the party’s attack on Robert F. Kennedy, Jr’s independent presidential campaign. Democratic Party officials challenged his ballot access in over a dozen states, and also worked to keep him out of the June 2024 presidential debate, and even denied him Secret Service protection. This motivated Kennedy to withdraw from the race and endorse Republican nominee Donald Trump.

In 2025, the Colorado legislature amended the law on legislative vacancies. The old law said party officials should choose a new legislator when a vacancy occurred. The new law said the voters of the former legislator’s party should choose the new legislator. On May 15, the League of Women Voters, and some voters, filed a federal lawsuit against the new law. League of Women Voters of Colorado v Griswold, 1:26cv-2103. Here is the Complaint. The case is assigned to Magistrate Judge Timothy P. O’Hara.

On May 19, plaintiffs filed this reply brief in Allan v Milligan, n.d., 2:21cv-1530. This is the original Alabama U.S. House redistricting case, which is still alive. Plaintiffs argue that the map the legislature passed was motivated by an attempt to discriminate against African-American voters. Thus it depends on the 14th amendment, not the federal Voting Rights Act.

The hearing will be at 9 a.m. in Birmingham on Friday, May 22. The case has a 3-judge panel.