candidate-selection

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-528 Phil Lyman v. Spencer J. Cox, Governor of Utah, et al. Utah 2024-11-12 Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedRelisted (2) associational-rights candidate-selection convention-process first-amendment political-party-rights primary-election In New York State Bd. Of Elections v. Lopez Torres, 552 U.S. 196 (2008), this Court held: "a political party has a First Amendment right to limit its …
21-6316 Clayton G. Walker v. Steve Barnett, South Dakota Secretary of State, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-11-17 Denied IFP ballot-access candidate-selection constitutional-rights election-law election-process equal-protection freedom-of-association independent-candidates major-parties third-party 1. Should Walker as a Governor Candidate be able to choose from any party to join him in the nomination to be on the ballot just as the rights of Majo…
18-450 Utah Republican Party v. Spencer J. Cox, Lieutenant Governor of Utah, et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-10-11 Denied Amici (9)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) candidate-selection expressive-association first-amendment political-parties political-party standard-bearer state-regulation viewpoint-discrimination As a private expressive association, "[a] political party" enjoys a general First Amendment right "to choose a candidate-selection process that will i…
24A529 Phil Lyman v. Spencer J. Cox, Governor of Utah, et al. Utah Denied candidate-selection convention-nomination political-party primary-election right-of-association state-interference Question not identified.