U.S. District Court Judge Ronnie White will hold a trial in Constitution Party of Missouri v St. Louis Co., e.d., 4:15cv207, on June 30, 2016. The issue is a county election law that says when a special election is held for County Council, the only two candidates will be the nominees of the two parties that polled first and second in the last gubernatorial election. County Council is a partisan office.

It is surprising that this case needs a trial. Judge White already issued injunctive relief to the Constitution Party in this case back in February 2015, and put its nominee on the ballot.

North Carolina law says the 2016 presidential primary should be in February, which is in violation of national party rules for both major parties. The bill to move that primary to March 15, 2016, is HB 373. HB 373 was originally a bill that had no connection to the presidential primary, and it had passed the House. In July the Senate transformed the bill into a presidential primary date bill, and passed it in its new form. But since then, it has made no headway in the House. North Carolina is the only state with its presidential primary date still unsettled. If the state doesn’t move the presidential primary into March, Republican rules will bar most of the state’s delegates from being seated.

TIME Magazine has an interview with Donald Trump which can be seen at this link. About 90% of the way down, he said, “I think Bernie Sanders should run on the Green Party.” The same paragraph also includes his statement that so far, the Republican Party is treating him very fairly.