Although the U.S. Supreme Court released two full opinions on June 1, it did not release any of the three pending election law cases. The Court only has four more days on which decisions will be released: June 8, 15, 22 and 29. Then the Court goes on summer recess.

The three pending election law decisions are: (1) Citizens United v Federal Election Commission, on federal campaign restrictions on making a movie that seems to call for the defeat of anyone running for federal office; (2) Caperton v Massey Coal Company, on how to handle the problem that in states that elect judges, one side to a lawsuit may have given very large campaign contributions to a judge hearing the case; (3) NAMUDNO v Holder, on the constitutionality of Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act, the section that requires certain states to get approval from the U.S. Justice Department before changing an election law.

The British newspaper The Independent has this interview with Nigel Farage, in its June 1 issue. Farage is the leader of the UK Independence Party. That party believes the Great Britain should not be part of any European Union federal government structure. Polls show it is likely to do very well in the June 4 European Parliamentary elections, possibly even better than the Labour Party. The UK Independence Party has not yet won any seats in the British House of Commons, however. Thanks to Bill Van Allen for the link.

On May 31, Sunday, the Nevada Senate passed SB 212 by a vote of 20-1. It requires initiative petitions to include a substantial number of signatures from each of the 3 U.S. House districts. The bill also says that after 2011, the legislature must revisit the issue.

The one “No” vote was from Senator Terry Care (D-Las Vegas).