Category Archives: campaigns
Plaintiff a No-Show in #KSSEN Lawsuit to Force Dems to Choose Candidate
Holy cow:
A three-judge Shawnee County panel did not decide Monday whether Kansas Democrats should be required to pick a replacement for Chad Taylor, who dropped out of the closely contested U.S. Senate campaign against longtime incumbent Sen. Pat Roberts.… Continue reading
SOS Kobach, Accusing KS Democratic Party of Chutzpah, Rejects First Amendment Argument Not to Pick #KSSEN Candidate
This brief, which it says was prepared in 3 hours time, argues that it is no big deal to force a party to choose a candidate to run in an election against its will.
Near the end of the brief,… Continue reading
“Judges on the Campaign Trail”
Adam Liptak has an important column in the NYT Sunday Review on judicial elections. It discusses, among other cases, the Williams-Yulee case that the Supreme Court could agree to take up next week. It also discusses the Ninth Circuit’s Wolfson … Continue reading
“3rd-Party Names May Tip Scale as 2 Parties Battle for Control”
NYT:
In an election year shaped by voter anger toward the political establishment, the outcome of an unusually large number of close Senate and governor’s races could be determined by the outsize role of third-party candidates.
The potential spoilers… Continue reading
In #KSSEN, KS Attorney General Urges Court to Require Democrats to Name a U.S. Senate Candidate
You can read the brief here.
Interestingly, the brief does not mention the serious First Amendment issues with requiring Democrats to name a candidate, nor the virtual impossibility of the party holding a convention in time.
In #KSSEN, Court Sets Up Hearing to Decide on Taylor Replacement Before Oct. 1 Kobach Deadline
You can read the case management order, which includes oral argument on Monday, Sept. 29.
OH Supreme Court Says It is OK to Bar False Judicial Campaign Speech, But Not Misleading Judicial Campaign Speech
Read the opinion (via CNO).
I think the part about the unconstitutionality of regulating truthful but misleading speech is surely right. But this opinion is also significant in saying it is constitutional to sanction a judicial candidate for… Continue reading
“FAN 33 (First Amendment News) What is a PAC? The next big issue?”
“Nebraska Republican Party Allowed to Substitute New Lieutenant Governor Candidate After the September 1 Deadline”
BAN reports.
Waiting for the howls of outrage from those upset with the Torricelli and Taylor cases.
Kobach Not Yet Giving Up in Forcing Democrat on #KSSEN Ballot
Dave Helling in the KC Star:
“We think that we could survive if the trigger was pulled Oct. 1,” said an email from Brian Newby, Johnson County election commissioner. “That’s pushing it.”
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach said he… Continue reading
“In Kansas, Democratic donors invest in uncertainty; Independent Senate candidate Greg Orman coy with caucusing plans”
“Orman catches another break in legal fight over Kansas Senate ballot”
“Kansas Supreme Court orders ballot case to Shawnee County District Court”
Bryan Lowry reports for the Wichita Eagle.