Andrew Cuomo Announces for Mayor of New York City

Posted on by March 1, 2025
24

On March 1, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared for the Democratic nomination for Mayor of New York City. The election is in November 2025 and the primaries are in June 2025.

Cuomo is directly responsible for New York’s terrible lack of choices on the November 2024 ballot. New York was the only state in the nation in which Joe Biden and Donald Trump were the only listed candidates. It seems that as he campaigns for Mayor, there will be many opportunities for New York voters to ask him about that, and whether he now regrets his actions.

U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Robert F. Kennedy, Jr’s New York Ballot Access Case

Posted on by March 1, 2025
8

On February 24, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s New York ballot access case. Kennedy v Cartwright, 24-646. New York had kept Kennedy off the ballot because the state courts believed that the residence address on his paperwork was inaccurate. Before the election, the U.S. Supreme Court denied him injunctive relief. He kept the case alive and asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that it violates Article Two to require a presidential candidates to place their residence address on candidacy paperwork.

Kennedy’s cert petition has an appendix which shows that other states besides New York also require the residence address. The appendix has copies of independent presidential paperwork. See it here.

Repressive Wyoming Ballot Access Bill Dies

Posted on by February 28, 2025
12

The Wyoming Senate took no action on HB 173 by the end of business on Friday, February 28. Therefore, under legislative rules, it cannot pass. This is the bill that increased the petition requirement from 2% of the last vote, to 3% for statewide office and 5% for legislative office. Also it moved the petition deadline for independent candidates from late August to June. Also it said that no one could be an independent candidate who was a registered member of a party.

This outcome is quite surprising, given that the bill had passed the House and the Senate Committee. It is believed that the leader of the Wyoming Senate opposed the bill and worked to kill the bill.

Democratic Party Files Federal Lawsuit to Preserve Neutral Character of the Federal Election Commission

Posted on by February 28, 2025
4

On February 28, the Democratic Party sued President Trump, and the Federal Election Commission, to obtain a judgment that the Commission cannot be compelled to follow Trump’s February 18 Executive Order. His Order says “the President and the Attorney General’s opinions on questions of law are controlling on all employees” of the federal government. But the FEC was set up to be independent and to make its own independent judgments about election law.

Here is the Complaint in Democratic National Committee v Trump and FEC, U.S. District Court, D.C., 1:25cv-587.

It would have been appropriate for the Democratic Party to have reached out to any political parties other than the Republican Party, and invited them to join the lawsuit, but apparently that didn’t occur to the Democratic Party’s attorneys.

Fourth Circuit Agrees with U.S. District Court on Injunction Against Birthright Citizenship Order

Posted on by February 28, 2025
20

On February 28, the Fourth Circuit refused to disturb the injunction against President Trump’s birthright citizenship order, which had been imposed by a U.S. District Court in Maryland. Casa, Inc. v Trump, 25-1153. This is the second U.S. Court of Appeals that has weighed in; the first had been the Ninth Circuit.

Here is the Order. It was before Judge Roger Gregory, a Clinton appointee; Pamela Harris, an Obama appointee; and Paul Niemeyer, a Reagan appointee. Judge Niemeyer would have restricted the relief to the plaintiffs, and not extended relief nationwide.