On September 5, U.S. District Court Judge Mark Walker heard Rivera Madera v Detzner, n.d., 1:18cv-152. Some counties in Florida already provide ballots in both English and Spanish, but this lawsuit argues that many more counties must do that as well, under federal law. According to this story, the ruling is likely to give both sides something but not everything. The case was filed on August 16, 2018, and it seems likely full relief will not be forthcoming because the case was filed too close to the election.

In November the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, will hear Libertarian National Committee v Federal Election Commission, 18-5227. This is the case that challenges the FEC ruling that forbids parties to receive large bequests from deceased individuals, all at once. Instead the money must be put in escrow and doled out in lumps of $33,900 each calendar year, which could be decades if the bequest is large enough.

Both sides have agreed to let the Goldwater Institute file an amicus curiae brief. The Institute says its brief will deal with the issue of content-based speech restrictions. Clearly the brief will be on the side of the Libertarian National Committee. The Goldwater Institute was formed in 1988 to defend freedom of speech.

According to this Albany Times Union story, no specific challenges were filed to the statewide New York petitions for the Libertarian Party, nor for the Serve America Movement Party. Therefore they are on the November ballot.