On Saturday, February 3, South Carolina held a Democratic presidential primary. The unofficial results are: Joe Biden 126,321; Marianne Williamson 2,726; Dean Phillips 2,239.
The South Carolina Republican Party presidential primary will be February 24.
Douglas MacKinnon, a contributing opinion writer at The Hill, writes here that it is conceivable that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., could win the presidential election as an independent candidate this year.
MacKinnon is a former speechwriter for two presidents, and a former Pentagon official. He is also the author of two books. Read about him here.
On February 1, the Arizona Secretary of State appealed No Labels Party v Fontes, 24-563, to the Ninth Circuit. This is the case over whether No Labels has a freedom of association right to block anyone from filing in its primary for congress or partisan state office.
On February 2, the U.S. Supreme Court said that the Colorado Secretary of State’s attorneys will be permitted to participate in oral argument in the Trump ballot access case. However, the court seems to be treating the Secretary of State as an ally of the Colorado objectors to Trump’s ballot position, because the Court has now allotted 40 minutes for Trump’s attorneys, 30 minutes for the objector’s attorneys, and 10 minutes for the Colorado Secretary of State.
Also on February 2, the Court denied the request of Professor Seth Barrett Tillman to participate in the oral argument.
