This article in the Capital Gazette of Annapolis, Maryland, says that 2004 Constitution Party presidential nominee Michael Peroutka recently donated a 30 foot long Allosaurus skeleton to the Creation Museum. The skeleton is valued anywhere from $200,000 to $1,000,000. The article explains how Peroutka came to own the skeleton. Peroutka polled 143,630 votes for President(More)…
A recent “study” released by the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) attempts to debunk the claim by many economists that increasing the minimum wage harms job growth. The analysis …
On July 6, former U.S. Senator Alan Dixon (D-Illinois) died at 86. See this obituary. Senator Dixon was the most persistent advocate of federal legislation setting up regional presidential primaries. He introduced such bills in 1987 (S.1786), 1989 (S.377), and 1991 (S.288). The bills would have divided up the United States into presidential primary regions.(More)…
On July 11, a Kansas state court ruled that the Secretary of State did not exceed his authority when he determined that voters who registered using the federal voter registration form can only vote on federal office, not state or county office. See this story. The Kansas Secretary of State does not like the federal(More)…
The Courthouse News Service has this lengthy story about the Third Circuit decision in Constitution Party of Pennsylvania v Aichele which was released July 9.
Kentucky has non-partisan judicial elections. On June 19, 2014, Robert Winter Jr. sued the Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission, because it had threatened him with sanctions for having sent campaign literature to the voters in his district, telling them that he is a life-long Republican and that three of his opponents (whom he named in the(More)…
Last month, the Fourth Circuit had said it will hear Greenville County Republican Party v Way in its mid-September sitting. But the attorneys for the government were not able to appear during that month, so the case has been removed from the September calendar. Chances are it will be on the October calendar. The issue(More)…
Late on July 10, a Florida state court invalidated the 2011 U.S. House redistricting plan. See this story. The basis for the decision is the Florida Constitution, which tells the legislature to draw the lines in a way that does not help or harm any particular political party. The 41-page decision is Romo v Detzner,(More)…
When they returned from Spain I was called in for a meeting at Eric’s house. I arrived and knew straight away by the excited looks on everyone’s face that they …
The Casper Star Tribune has this editorial, condemning state election laws that discriminate against minor party candidates.
