U.S. District Court in South Carolina Asks Democratic Party About Discriminatory Aspects of Party Web Page

Posted on by April 7, 2010
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Brian Doyle, a candidate for U.S. House in the Democratic primary in South Carolina’s 3rd district, filed a lawsuit on January 27, challenging the Democratic Party’s refusal to let him file in the primary and also challenging the party’s refusal to list him on the party’s web page. The party’s web page purports to list all candidates in the party’s primary this year for federal and state office.

Since then, Doyle has been allowed to file, but the party is still not listing him on its web page, in the candidate list. On April 6, the judge asked in writing for the party to explain the reasons for its behavior. The case is Doyle v South Carolina Democratic Party, 3:10-cv-203.

Connecticut Newspaper Story Describes Deposition of Secretary of State

Posted on by April 7, 2010
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The Day, the newspaper of New London, Connecticut, has this interesting account of the testimony given by Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz, in the pending lawsuit over her qualifications to be Attorney General. A state law says candidates for Attorney General must have been engaged in the active practice of law for the previous ten years. Bysiewicz is an attorney, and she is running for Attorney General. The lawsuit concerns whether she meets the statutory requirement. Another issue in the case is whether the state law violates the State Constitution, because the statute appears to add to the Constitutional qualifications.