On January 7, the Seventh Circuit heard oral argument in Gill v Scholz, 19-1125. The three judges are Michael Brennan, Michael Scudder, and Amy J. St. Eve. The issue is the petition requirement for independent candidates for U.S. House, 5% of the last vote cast. The hearing went well for the plaintiff-candidate, Dr. David Gill. UPDATE: here is a link to the oral argument, which lasts 32 minutes. Thanks to Sam Cahnman for the link. Choose the Gill case, which is at the top.
Brian Doherty of Reason Magazine has this interview with Lincoln Chafee.
Last month George Will had this op-ed published in many newspapers. It says that clearly the U.S. Constitution does not permit the states to tell presidential electors whom to vote for. The U.S. Supreme Court has the two “faithless electors” cases on its conference of January 10.
On January 6, the Washington State Republican Party told the Secretary of State to list President Donald Trump, and no one else, on its presidential primary ballot. Thanks to Steve Kamp for this news.
On January 6, the Washington state Democratic Party told the Secretary of State to list thirteen presidential candidates: Mike Bennet, Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, John Delaney, Tulsi Gabbard, Amy Klobuchar, Deval Patrick, Bernie Sanders, Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren, and Andrew Yang. Thanks to Steve Kamp for this news. The list is not yet on the Secretary of State’s web page.
