On June 4, the U.S. Supreme Court did not issue any full opinions on election law. The next opinion day is Monday, June 11. There are five election law cases pending: three redistricting, one on political clothing at the polls, and one on Ohio’s voter purge procedures.

On June 4 the court did decline to accept Scarnati v Agre, 17-1368. This is the case in which Republican Pennsylvania legislators argued that a 3-judge federal court had violated the rights of the legislators by forcing them to produce internal documents about the redistricting process. They did produce the documents, but then they sued and claimed they should not have been forced to do that, under the Speech or Debate Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which protects the speech of members of Congress and state legislatures. Thanks to Rick Hasen for that news.

This Washington Times story, especially the bottom half, gives a detailed and interesting account of the Montana trial over whether the Green Party has enough valid signatures on its party petition this year. There have been other news stories but this seems to be the most informative. There is no decision yet.

On June 1, California Governor Jerry Brown announced 21 Superior Court judicial appointments. His press release contains the party affiliation of each of his appointees. See the list here. If one scrolls down to Inyo County (the counties are in alphabetical order), one sees that one of the appointees, Stephen M. Place, is a Green Party member.