On January 11, the Landmark Legal Foundation filed this amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, in Trump v Anderson, the Colorado ballot access case. The brief’s lead argument is that if Donald Trump engaged in insurrection, then so did many other particular Democratic office-holders.
On January 9, the Washington Secretary of State released the names of presidential primary candidates. In Washington, parties have complete control over which candidates are listed. There are only five listed for the Republican ballot, and three for the Democratic ballot. See the list here.
On January 12, the Oregon Supreme Court put out a press release, saying it declines to take any action in Knapp v Griffin-Valade, S070456. This is the case filed by some Oregon voters to keep former President Donald Trump off the May Republican presidential primary ballot.
The release says the ballot doesn’t need to be printed until late March, and therefore there is no need for a decision now. It says the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a similar case from Colorado on February 8.
On January 11, the Minnesota Supreme Court heard Ryan Binkley for President 2024 v Simon, A23-1900. This is the case that challenges the Minnesota law that gives political parties complete power over who appears on their presidential primary ballots. See this story, which seems to suggest that the Court will uphold the law.
The plaintiff, Ryan Binkley, has qualified for the Republican presidential primary ballot in virtually every other state so far.
Here is the story from The Washington Examiner.
Assuming this is so, it appears that No Labels should not have a problem forming a presidential ticket in the near future. It is unclear how the presidential ticket will be selected, but apparently it will be a private process within the organization.
Thanks to politicalwire.com for the heads up!
