U.S. District Court Judge in Maryland Converts Birthright Citizenship Lawsuit Into a Class Action and Again Enjoins Presidential Trump’s Order

Posted on by August 8, 2025
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On August 7, U.S. District Court Judge Deborah Boardman, a Biden appointee, converted CASA Inc. v Trump, 8:25cv-201, into a class action. This is the birthright citizenship lawsuit that the U.S. Supreme Court had been involved in. In this lawsuit, the U.S. Supreme Court had struck down nationwide injunctions issued by U.S. District Courts unless either the case has been filed by a state, or the case is a class action.

On remand, the U.S. District Court converted the case into a class action and then again enjoined the Presidential order on birthright citizenship. Thanks to Thomas Jones for this news.

Oregon Constitution Party Wins Procedural Win in Lawsuit over Voter Registration Records

Posted on by August 8, 2025
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On August 5, U.S. District Court Judge Michael McShane, an Obama appointee, issued an opinion in Judicial Watch v Griffin-Valade, 6:24cv-1783. The issue is whether Oregon is failing to keep its voter registration list up-to-date, something each state is required to do under the 1993 federal Voter Registration law. The judge ruled that the Constitution Party is the only plaintiff that has standing to carry on the lawsuit. The other organization in the lawsuit, Judicial Watch, does not have standing, according to the decision. The case will now proceed to the merits.

The judge agreed that the Constitution Party is harmed by inaccurate voter registration records. All qualified parties in Oregon must keep registration of at least one-tenth of 1% and must pass the 1% vote test as well, to stay on the ballot. Parties that have registration of one-third of 1% don’t need to worry about the vote test.

Alaska Supreme Court Explains Why it Allowed Sixth-Place Finisher for U.S. House in 2024 to Advance to the November Election

Posted on by August 7, 2025
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Last year, two of the top-four finishers in the Alaska primary for U.S. House withdrew after the primary, so the Alaska Elections Division allowed the fifth-place and sixth-place finishers to qualify for the November ballot. Afterwards, the Democratic Party of Alaska sued to block the sixth-place finisher. If the Democratic Party had won the case, there would only have been three candidates for U.S. House on the November ballot instead of four.

But the party lost the case last year. The Alaska Supreme Court had issued a one-sentence order last year, providing for four candidates, and had said it would explain its reasoning later. Finally, on July 25, 2025, the Supreme Court explained its decision. See that here. Alaska Democratic Party v Beecher, S-19231.

The reason the Democratic Party didn’t want the sixth-place finisher on the ballot was that he was a Democrat. The Democratic Party didn’t want two Democrats on the November ballot, even though Alaska has ranked choice voting. And it is true that most of the November voters who voted for the sixth-place finisher as their first choice did not go on to give their second-choice vote to the mainstream Democratic candidate.

Florida Independent Voter Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Hear His Case on Who Can Vote in Partisan Primaries

Posted on by August 7, 2025
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On July 30, Michael Polelle, an independent voter in Florida, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his case against closed primaries. Florida has closed primaries. Polelle argues that the U.S. Constitution requires that he be allowed to vote in partisan primaries. Here is his cert petition.

The case is Polelle v Byrd, 25-147.