A recent poll by Survey USA says almost 80% of New York residents favor state legislative term limits. See this story. Thanks to Paul Jacob for the link.
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On July 8, the 5th circuit heard arguments in Palmer v Waxahachie Independent School District, 08-10903. The issue is whether a public high school can prohibit a student from wearing a T-shirt to school that says “John Edwards ’08”. See this article.
In Massachusetts, State Treasurer is an elected partisan position. On July 8, the Massachusetts Treasurer, Tim Cahill, changed his registration from “Democrat” to “Independent”. He is more fiscally conservative than most Democrats in state government. He says he is “leaning heavily toward running” for Governor in 2010 as an Independent.
On July 6, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal signed HB 420. It gives independent presidential candidates three more days to file their presidential electors and the $500 filing fee. It also makes the deadline for qualified parties to file their electors less ambiguous.
Louisiana is the third state this year to revise some election law, in response (whether direct or indirect) to a ballot access lawsuit filed by Bob Barr and the Libertarian Party in 2008. The other two states are Texas and West Virginia.
Timothy Lutts is a well-known name in the world of investment advisory services. His newsletters have a combined subscription of approximately 150,000 around the world. He has this commentary on the web page Iconoclast-Investor about the weakened condition of the Republican Party, and the possibility that the Libertarian Party could grow in coming years.