On October 13, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Rubin v Padilla, 15-135, the minor party lawsuit that charges the top-two system violates voting rights in the general election. Here is a short AP story.
UPDATE: here is the Courthouse News Service story. The press never covered this case between its filing in 2011 and today. Now, ironically, the case is over and finally the case is being mentioned.
The Bloomberg View editorial board says that the Democratic Party should let Lawrence Lessig into the October 13 debate. Read the editorial here. Lessig has raised substantially more contributions than some candidates who are included in the debate.
This Washington Post article quotes Larry Lessig as saying that he is thinking about running for President as an independent. He is unhappy because he is being excluded from the Democratic presidential debate of October 13. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
The Brennan Center will hold a forum called “Stronger Parties, Stronger Democracy: Rethinking Political Reform” on October 14, at the National Press Club, noon to 2 p.m. Lunch will be served. See this announcement.
CNN is taking possible questions for the Democratic presidential debate of October 13. This link explains how to submit a question. I hope many persons ask CNN to ask the Democratic presidential debates if they favor expanding entry into the general election presidential debates, from 15% in the polls, to something more inclusive.
