candidate-selection
4 cases — ← All topics
| 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 | Did the Utah Supreme Court improperly mandate a convention-nominated candidate to participate in a direct primary after a losing candidate collected s… |
| 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 | 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 Major P… |
| 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 | Does the First Amendment permit a government to compel a political party to use a state-preferred process for selecting a party's standard-bearers for… |
| 24A529 | Phil Lyman v. Spencer J. Cox, Governor of Utah, et al. | Utah | Presumed Complete | candidate-selection convention-nomination political-party primary-election right-of-association state-interference | Whether a state can constitutionally mandate a direct primary election that overrides a political party's convention-based candidate nomination proces… |