A state-court judge has ordered officials in Troy, N.Y., to take DNA tests to help prosecutors determine who may or may not be responsible for alleged absentee ballot fraud in…
Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on Wednesday supported judicial merit selection and three Iowa justices up for retention in November.
Opponents of same-sex marriage have launched a campaign to unseat the three Iowa Supreme Court justices whose votes helped legalize it who are up for retention in the Nov. 7…
The supremely successful election-law gadfly, provocateur and mover-and-shaker James Bopp Jr. is at it again, already. The earth is still trembling from the Supreme Court’s decision earlier this year, in…
Target has donated $150,000 to a group supporting a controversial GOP candidate for Minnesota governor, taking advantage of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling finding corporations have a First Amendment right…
A former lead singer for Talking Heads has sued Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, contending that he used the group’s 1985 “Road to Nowhere” song in an online attack ad against…
Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker says in a lawsuit filed this week that one of his opponents in the June 1 Republican primary failed to “file certain required documents…
The Florida Supreme Court has reprimanded a judge for two mistakes in 2008 campaign materials, including a YouTube link that contained the word “re-elect.”
Seeking to force the state Democratic Party to acknowledge that she is qualified for run for office as Connecticut attorney general, secretary of state Susan Bysiewicz sued and, beginning last…
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