On November 10, a lawsuit was filed against several Alaska laws that limit contributions to candidates. Thompson v Dauphinais, 3:15cv-218. The case was assigned to U.S. District Court Judge H. Russel Holland, a Reagan appointee.

The lead plaintiff is a Wisconsin resident who is also the brother-in-law of a Republican Alaska state legislator. The plaintiff, David Thompson, wants to contribute to the re-election campaign of his brother-in-law, but he can’t, because the law limits out-of-state donations to candidates for state and local office to $3,000. The legislator has already received that much in out-of-state contributions.

A unit of the state Republican Party is a co-plaintiff. It wants to contribute to a candidate for local office, but it can’t, because all units put together of a single party can’t contribute more than $5,000 to any candidate for state or local office, and the various units of the Republican Party, including the state party, have already contributed $5,000 to the candidate. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the news.

This Washington Post article says national Republican Party leaders are worried that Donald Trump, Ben Carson, or Ted Cruz might win the Republican Party presidential nomination. Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link.

CSO Magzine is for individuals who hold the job of Chief Security Officer for organizations, and for all others interested in security for large organizations, including electronic security. It has this article about John McAfee’s ideas on how to protect the United States from electronic espionage and sabotage. The story gingerly mentions that McAfee has formed the Cyber Party and is its presidential nominee. The author of the article doesn’t seem very interested in McAfee’s new party, but the author does believe that McAfee’s ideas about the electronic security issue are worthwhile.

McAfee is fairly well-known because of his company’s anti-virus software product.