(Washington State Standard) Frankey Ithaka will be in a courtroom next week fighting to keep Donald Trump off Washington’s presidential primary and general election ballots. Pointing to Trump’s actions on the day his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, she and seven other...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Dec. 12 in the Bush v. Gore case to reverse a Florida Supreme Court request for a selective manual recount of that state's U.S. presidential election ballots. This decision swayed the election in favor of Republican candidate George W. Bush. [Pictur...
While approval ratings jump up and down, there's at least a 90% chance a congressional representative running for re-election will be successful. Though the figure dipped to 84% in 2010, it hasn't otherwise gone below 90% since 1974. The reelection rate to Congress in 2020 was a sky-hi...
Law. The case was brought to the Supreme Court after Nebraska state Senator Ernie Chambers sued on the grounds that opening prayer before the session by a state-sponsored chaplain was a violation of the establishment clause of the First Amendment. [Pictured: A copy of the U.S. Bill of ...
But the Supreme Court failed to agree that speed should trump substance in such reviews. With both cases slipping out of his grasp, Smith then threw a final Hail Mary. He asked Chutkan to let him file what was basically a 165-page summary of this report against Trump before the election....
A state superior court judge just ordered that Joe Miller’s Fairbanks borough personnel records get released, saying the people’s right to know trumps Miller’s privacy concerns. The release won’t happen until tomorrow, though, to allow time for an Alaska Supreme Court decision if necessary....
Now I know… It’s the number of zeros in his bank account. He’s rich, so he must be good for the country and couldn’t possibly be as bad as that old man who reached up a 9 year-old’s dress. Obviously, I disagree. As I sobbed my way through the day after the election, ...
How the Supreme Court could have ruled on the health care law, and what it would have meant. Estimate of how the upheld health care law could change insurance coverage. The nation's deficit crisis and the automatic cuts (if Congress still can't agree on a solution). ...
A Charter school is a publicly funded independent school, usually founded by teachers and parents. There are 18 in WA state.
PCO elections can have lasting political impacts.Two years ago, after a particularly rough election cycle for Republicans in Washington State (despite it being the midterm of a Democratic presidency) there was an under-the-radar “Red Wave” in PCO elections. This shift led to more MAGA-aligned...