The Tenth Circuit has before it the lawsuit Fitisemanu v U.S.A., 20-4017. The issue is whether the U.S. Constitution requires that persons born in American Samoa must be considered citizens. On May 12, former Governors of Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands filed this amicus curiae brief, on the side of the Samoan who brought the lawsuit.

The Samoan who brought the lawsuit won in U.S. District Court in Utah, and the federal government is appealing. The case arose in Utah because the plaintiff now lives there.

Here is a link to the special election returns for the 25th U.S. House district in California. There is only one Republican and one Democrat on the ballot. The election was May 13.

On May 7, the Montana Secretary of State relaxed the requirement that initiative petition sheets need to be notarized. The ruling says initiative petition blanks can be e-mailed to anyone who wants one. The recipient can then print the petition, as well as second verification form, and can sign both and return it to the initiative sponsor. Here is the ruling.