The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear Rubin v Padilla, 15-135, at its October 9 conference. No news from that conference will be announced by the court until Tuesday, October 13. Monday, October 12, is a federal holiday.
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This article says Texas state government has already spent $8,000,000 in legal costs, defending its 2013 photo ID law for voters at the polls, and the U.S. House and legislative districting plans enacted after the 2010 census. And neither issue is resolved yet, so costs will continue to climb.
One faction of the Women’s Equality Party will appeal yesterday’s state court ruling that said the party has no valid officers and therefore no valid bylaws. See this story.
The Chicago Sun-Times has this article about the hard work involved for a major party presidential candidate to get on his or her party’s primary ballot. Although the number of signatures is only 3,000, candidates must recruit candidates for Delegate whose names go on the primary ballots. The article believes that Donald Trump and Dr. Ben Carson are not working on this yet. Petitioning in Ilinois for primary ballot access starts in October.
The Hill here reports that Bill Kristol says he would support an independent presidential candidate if Donald Trump becomes the Republican nominee. Kristol is editor of the Weekly Standard. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.