Earlier this month, some Tennessee voters filed a federal lawsuit against the new law that says only “bona fide members” of a party are permitted to vote in that party’s primary. Every polling place must warn primary voters about the new law, and the signs warn voters that it is a crime to violate the law. Tennessee does not have registration by party.
All the briefs will be in by January 24, 2024. The plaintiffs argue the law is hopelessly vague.
Recently I blogged about an Ilya Somin commentary on cato.org in which he asserts that Donald Trump is disqualified from the Presidency due to the 14th Amendment, Section 3.
There were a couple links in his commentary that were somewhat off that topic, but I thought were interesting and worthy of revisiting.
First was a link to a previous commentary by Ilya Somin on the “Democracy” versus “Republic” controversy that sometimes becomes heated.
The second was a link to a Randall Kennedy and Ilya Somin commentary urging repeal of the constitutional provision that the President of the United States must be a “natural born citizen” of this nation.
On December 14, the Aurora Party, a party that exists only in Alaska and which is on the ballot for president (but no other office) nominated Cornel West for president. See this story.
According to this article, 4,600,000 individuals would become eligible to vote in Federal elections if this act were to become law.
Here is the proposed text of the Inclusive Democracy Act.
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.
