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For President Obama, the importance of passing Obamacare clearly trumped the pressing need of restoring our economy. The Supreme Court’s decision today merely reminds us of the scope of the president’s substantial squander and the importance of the election this November. Continue Reading
For many people without insurance, a key question raised by the Supreme Court’s decision today to uphold the Affordable Care Act is whether states will decline to participate in the law’s big Medicaid expansion. Continue Reading
The prosecutor in the bribery case against former Third Judicial District Judge Mike Murphy is fighting a judge’s order that a key witness turn over a list of every prescription drug she has taken during the past five years. Continue Reading
I am grateful and honored to say, come June 5th, no matter the outcome of the election, my father will continue to have his integrity. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Secretary of State Dianna Duran is reversing courses and releasing matching funds to publicly financed candidates today, and a federal judge has declined to stop that. Continue Reading
A district judge in Santa Fe has ordered Secretary of State Dianna Duran to release cash to at least one publicly funded candidate who is due matching funds under state law. Continue Reading
The secretary of state’s decision means six PRC and Court of Appeals candidates are without funds state law says they’re due; Dianna Duran says she’s complying with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that tossed out an Arizona matching-funds law. Continue Reading
For the majority of my career I have been a people’s attorney, but my advocacy for workers’ rights ended when I took the oath of office as judge. Continue Reading
Workers Compensation Judge Victor Lopez’s high disqualification rate should be considered when deciding whether to elevate him to a higher bench. Continue Reading
Police in Taos are investigating the alleged beating of a man that followed a dispute about the placement of signs directing people to a campaign event for Eighth Judicial District Judge candidate Ernestina Cruz. Continue Reading
The governor also appoints a witness at the center of one of two bribery cases against former District Judge Mike Murphy to the magistrate court bench. Continue Reading
A Democrat who was disqualified from running for a magistrate judgeship in Doña Ana County because he’s not an attorney is still trying to get on the ballot. Continue Reading
The N.M. Supreme Court has affirmed Doña Ana County Clerk Lynn Ellins’ disqualification of two magistrate judge candidates who aren’t attorneys, but left open the question of what to do about current magistrates in the county who aren’t lawyers. Continue Reading
If the two-party system that controls our government erred on the side of ballot access for minor parties and independents, I’d be more forgiving of the mistake several legislative incumbents and other Democrats and Republicans made this year that could have ended their campaigns. Continue Reading
The N.M. Supreme Court ruled this afternoon that legislative incumbents and other candidates who failed to list the district or division number of the seat they were seeking on nominating petitions would not be removed from the ballot. Continue Reading