According to this story, the lawsuit filed in 2014 by the Utah Republican Party and the Utah Constitution Party will not be settled by mediation. The case is Utah Republican Party v Governor Gary Herbert, 2:14cv-876. The issues are the law that (1) requires parties to put candidates on their primary ballots even if those candidates have no support at party caucuses; require parties to let independent voters vote in their primaries. The law says parties are free to ignore both requirements, but if they do, they won’t be considered ballot-qualified and will need to put their nominees on the November ballot via independent candidate petition procedures.

The Daily Northwestern, a daily newspaper published by students at Northwestern University, has this op-ed advocating that the U.S. use proportional representation for congressional elections. The paper is considered one of the best student newspapers in the nation, and it also serves as the only daily newspaper for Evanston, Illinois.

The author only presents one type of proportional representation. Also he says constitutions would need to be changed. It may be true that some state constitutions would need amendments, but nothing in the U.S. Constitution blocks proportional representation for Congress. States are free, under the Constitution, to elect members of Congress any way they wish, as long as they are chosen by popular vote. However, a federal law mandating single-member U.S. House districts would need to be changed. A bill will be introduced in Congress to repeal that law.

Larry Lessig responded to NBC’s inquiries about his equal time request on October 21. See this story. The network hasn’t responded to Lessig’s filing yet.