There has been so much action on partisan gerrymandering recently, I thought it is worth gaming out what is likely to happen over the next few months in relation to a number of cases at, or heading, to SCOTUS. Back in 2004 the Supreme Court in Vieth v.Source: The State of Play on Partisan Gerrymandering Cases at the Supreme Court...
State voter registration data collected by President Trump’s abandoned election fraud commission will be destroyed and not shared with the Department of Homeland Security or any other agency, a White House aide told a federal judge.Source: White House says it will destroy Trump voter panel data, send no records to DHS...
CNN's Tammy Kupperman and Janet DiGiacomo contributed to this report.Source: Judges order North Carolina congressional districts redrawn quickly...
Any candidate jumping in to, what is destined to be, a crowded 2020 Democratic primary will confront a stark political reality: the biggest, most expensive state in the country now actually, truly matters. California is not a customary playground for presidential aspirants.Source: Why California, Not Iowa, Could Pick the Next Democratic Presidential Nominee...
The recall election for California state Sen. Josh Newman will be held on June 5, the same day as the statewide primary. Republicans looking to recall the Fullerton Democrat had hoped to hold an election last November, but Democrats delayed it by changing the law.Source: June 5 set for California state Sen. Josh Newman recall election...
After more than three decades, Republicans are free of a federal court consent decree that sharply limited the Republican National Committee's ability to challenge voters' qualifications and target the kind of fraud President Donald Trump has alleged affected the 2016 presidential race.Source: Judge ends consent decree limiting RNC 'ballot security' activities...
There is little over the Atlantic that bears much of a resemblance to the First Amendment, an absence (envied, sadly, by quite a few over here) that has often been exploited by a European political establishment that shows every sign of willingness to exploit the often deSource: Fake News, Real Censorship...
Oprah Winfrey’s speech at the Golden Globes this Sunday sparked speculation over whether the billionaire celebrity might run for president in 2020.Source: Candidate Oprah? Campaign Finance Laws Would Give Her a Leg Up...
RICHMOND — A Virginia elections official reached into an artsy stoneware bowl, pulled out a name and declared Republican David Yancey the winner of a House of Delegates race that could determine which political party controls the chamber.Source: A random drawing out of a bowl helped Republicans win a tied Virginia election....
The president noted in remarks to reporters that former strategist Steve Bannon called him a 'great man' in a radio interview.Source: As Trump fumes, White House staff spread blame on Wolff book...
