On December 21, the Republican National Committee set the dates for the 2024 presidential convention in Milwaukee. It will be July 15-18. This is a relatively early date, and if large segments of the public are dissatisfied with whatever transpires at the convention, there will still be time for alternate presidential candidates to emerge. Most states have August petition deadlines for outsider candidates for president, and a few are in September. Thanks to Thomas Jones for this news. The Democratic Party still has not set its dates, nor its host city.

The U.S. District Court handling Adams v Carney, 1:20cv-1680, has moved ahead with steps to perhaps settle the case by arbitration. This is the case against the Delaware law that says most judicial appointments can only be given to members of one of the two largest parties.

This case already has been in the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled that the plaintiff, an independent, lacked standing. He then filed a new case, in which he cured the standing problem. Then the U.S. District Court ruled he has standing. So now, it appears that the state will no longer be defending its law, because the lower federal courts already ruled against the state in the first version of the lawsuit.

It may be that a bill will be introduced in the Delaware legislature in 2023 to change the restriction.

The Pennsylvania legislature has adjourned for the year. HB 1369, which had passed the House State Government Committee and which would have let independent voters vote in partisan primaries, failed to make any further headway.