SALT LAKE CITY — Utah asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to deny the Utah Republican Party's petition to hear its case against the state's controversial political candidate nomination law.Source: Utah asks U.S. Supreme Court not to hear lawsuit against candidate nomination law...
Does the government have the power to suppress a film if it criticizes a candidate running for office? Nine years ago to this day, the Supreme Court said no and ruled in favor of Citizens United, a nonprofit group that wanted to distribute and advertise a movie criticizing Hillary Clinton.Source: 9 years after Citizens United, the decision lives rent-free in...
This article appears in the Winter 2019 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. As a result of the 2018 midterm elections, Democrats now have unified control of 14 state governments and the opportunity to carry out reforms of the electoral process.Source: How Democrats Should Reform Elections in the States...
Three Washington Democrats will explain Tuesday to the state Supreme Court why they voted against their party's presidential nominee in the 2016 election. The three, Levi Guerra, Esther V. John, and Peter B. Chiafalo, were among 12 Democrats the state sent to the Electoral College.Source: Electoral College debate heads to Washington's Supreme Court...
The partial government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history, is affecting the Federal Election Commission’s ability to enforce campaign finance laws and investigate possible infractions, Democrats on the Senate Rules Committee wrote to the FEC on Wednesday.Source: Democrats seek FEC assurance on campaign finance oversight during shutdown...
To get the districts they wanted, Democrats organized groups that said they represented communities, but really represented the party. This spring, a group of California Democrats gathered at a modern, airy office building just a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol.Source: How Democrats Fooled California’s Redistricting Commission...
In the unlikely event that one of Utah’s U.S. Senators were to not finish their term in office, the party that they belong to gets to nominate three possible replacements, with the final choice up to the governor. One Utah lawmaker says the legislature should play a role in picking a replacement.Source: Lawmaker says Legislature, not political parties, should pick...
Today, Common Cause released a new report on the many ways presidential candidates bend and break campaign finance laws as they barnstorm early primary states, fundraise, evade contributions limits, and build their campaign teams while denying they are running for office.Source: New “Testing the Waters” Report Examines How Presidential Candidates Ignore Campaign Finance Laws & Regulators Let Them...
On August 7, Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley, a Republican, and two-term Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) coasted to easy primary victories in the race for McCaskill’s current Missouri Senate seat.Source: Can an Independent Movement Happen?...
The North Carolina Supreme Court candidate who is suing the state government and legislative leaders won a partial victory in court Monday. Chris Anglin is a registered Republican, and he is running against a Democrat and another Republican, who is the incumbent seeking re-election.Source: Judge hands NC legislators a temporary loss in lawsuit over political labels...
