17 Mar

On so-called 'SUPER TUESDAY', 595 Republican National Convention delegates are bound to contenders for that Party's 2016 Presidential Nomination- while 799 Democratic National Convention delegates are also being pledged to presidential candidates in that Party- in most of the delegate selection eveSource: The Green Papers: What's New?...

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17 Mar

As of Tuesday night, more than half of the delegates that will be awarded in the Republican primary contest will have been allocated. Theoretically, in a normal race in a normal year, then, we could know by the end of tomorrow night who the nominee will be.Source: Why a contested GOP convention may be more likely than a Donald Trump...

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17 Mar

With the caveat that the job of a lower court judge is to implement the Supreme Court’s rulings and the job of a Supreme Court Justice is to make those rulings not bound by a higher court, my view is that a Justice Garland would be moderately liberal on election law issues, probably voting with the four more liberal Justices...

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17 Mar

If the Republican National Committee is worried about the possibility of a contentious contested convention, one of its top officials showed no signs of concern Wednesday, even after the party's front-runner warned of possible riots in Cleveland if he is denied the party's nomination.Source: RNC spokesman: Trump 'speaking figuratively' about convention riots...

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