Michigan Court of Appeals Rules That the State Can’t Bar Trump from the Republican Presidential Primary Ballot

Today the Michigan State Court of Appeals ruled such in the case Davis v. Wayne County Election Commission and Donald J. Trump, no. 368615.

Here is the Michigan Court of Appeals ruling.

The decision leaves open the possibility that Trump could be barred from the November ballot, but says that issue is not ripe.

New Jersey Lawsuit on Discriminatory Primary Ballot Format Starts to Advance

A lawsuit is currently pending in New Jersey, in federal court, over the state’s discriminatory ballot format in primaries. Candidates backed by the major party organizations enjoy a much more prominent spot on Democratic and Republican primary ballots. The lawsuit was filed in 2020 and has moved slowly. But on December 8, the court said discovery must be completed by July 28, 2024. “Discovery” refers to depositions and interrogatories, which are procedures that witnesses fulfill. Conforti v Hanlon, 3:20cv-8267.

John Anthony Castro Dismisses His Massachusetts and Montana Cases on Trump Ballot Access

On December 7, John Anthony Castro dismissed his anti-Trump Massachusetts ballot access case. Castro v Galvin, 1:23cv-12121. He had already lost in the First Circuit in his New Hampshire case, and Massachusetts is also in the First Circuit, so the Castro Massachusetts case clearly could not have succeeded.

Also on December 7, he dismissed his Montana case, Castro v Jacobsen, 6:23cv-62.

Defendants in No Labels Trademark Lawsuit File Brief

On December 14, the group that has the website “NoLabels.com” filed its brief in its trademark dispute with No Labels. The political party known as No Labels had sued the people who run the website “NoLabels.com” on December 4, alleging that “NoLabels.com” is violating the No Labels trademark.

NoLabels.com first points out that No Labels originally had title to the website name, but voluntarily gave it up. As to the trademark issue, NoLabels.com says that there is no single entity “No Labels” anymore, because the party has qualified for the ballot in a dozen states, so there are now numerous No Labels entities, one in each state in which the group is ballot-qualified.

Here is the brief of NoLabels.com.