On May 18, Congressman Justin Amash (R-Michigan) tweeted that President Trump has engaged in impeachable conduct.  He said this after reading the Mueller Report.  Amash also said that few other Republican members of Congress have read the report.

Amash’s outspoken comments might suggest a willingness to run for president in 2020, conceivably as a candidate for the Libertarian presidential nomination.  Thanks to Political Wire for this news.  See this Newsweek story.  UPDATE:  see this Bloomberg story, which mentions the idea of Amash seeking the Libertarian nomination.

On May 17, the Missouri legislature adjourned.  The most significant election law bill that passed is SJR 14, a proposed constitutional amendment.  Missouri now has term limits for Governor, but not for any of the other statewide offices.  The bill would change the Constitution to provide for term limits for Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, and Auditor.  The voters will vote on this amendment in November 2020.

Bills that failed would have converted the open primary to a closed primary; provided for ranked choice voting; would have elected Governor and Lieutenant Governor jointly; would have set up automatic voter registration; would have made it more difficult to put initiatives on the ballot; and moved the filing deadline for primary candidates one week earlier.  Thanks to Ken Bush for this news.

The Independent View, Michael Drucker’s blog, has this post with the details of how Democratic presidential candidates qualify for the first debate, which is coming up next month.  Since the criteria depend on polls, it is interesting to compare the Democratic debate rules with the rules of the Commission on Presidential Debates for general election debates.  The Democratic rules concerning polls are much more specific.  They set forth the precise polls that count.  The Commission does not name any particular polls.