political-parties

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24A576 Indiana Green Party, et al. v. Diego Morales, Indiana Secretary of State Seventh Circuit 2024-12-12 Presumed Complete ballot-access election-law first-amendment fourteenth-amendment political-parties signature-requirements Whether Indiana's ballot access statutory scheme imposing substantial financial burdens on new political parties violates the First and Fourteenth Ame…
24A525 Mark Miller, et al. v. Jane Nelson, Texas Secretary of State, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-12-02 Presumed Complete ballot-access constitutional-burden election-law first-amendment fourteenth-amendment political-parties Whether a state's ballot access requirements that impose substantial financial burdens on minor political parties violate the First and Fourteenth Ame…
23-696 Colorado Republican State Central Committee v. Norma Anderson, et al. Colorado 2023-12-28 Dismissed Amici (3)Response Waived 14th-amendment disqualification-clause due-process election-law first-amendment fourteenth-amendment insurrection political-parties presidential-eligibility section-3 state-authority Whether the President falls within the list of officials subject to the disqualification provision of Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment?
23-439 Jim Boydston, et al. v. Shirley N. Weber, California Secretary of State, et al. California 2023-10-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights first-amendment fourteenth-amendment party-nomination political-association political-parties primary-election state-elections voter-participation Whether a State may require registered voters to formally associate with a political party to participate in the State-administered presidential prima…
22-893 Libertarian Party of New York, et al. v. New York State Board of Elections, et al. Second Circuit 2023-03-16 Denied Amici (1) anderson-burdick-test ballot-access election-law equal-protection first-amendment minor-parties political-parties signature-requirements Did the courts below properly apply the Anderson-Burdick standard?
22-420 In Re Ohio, ex rel. Terpsehore P. Maras 2022-11-04 Denied Response Waived constitutional-challenge election-law election-observers equal-protection fundamental-right-to-vote independent-candidates party-representation political-parties strict-scrutiny voting-rights Whether Ohio law allowing for Republican and Democratic Parties' election observers while requiring Independent candidates to obtain consent from four…
21-1288 Libertarian Party of Alabama v. John Harold Merrill, Alabama Secretary of State Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-23 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment political-parties voter-registration Does it violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments for a State to discriminate against minor political parties by providing voter-registration-lists …
21-834 Libertarian Party of Minnesota, et al. v. Steve Simon, Minnesota Secretary of State Eighth Circuit 2021-12-06 Denied Response Waived civil-rights criminal-law criminal-prosecution due-process election-law elections first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech petition-rights political-parties political-party Whether a government can threaten criminal prosecution against voters who sign petitions supporting minor political party candidates without notice th…
21-226 Libertarian Party of Ohio, et al. v. Don Michael Crites, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-08-16 Denied Amici (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights election-law first-amendment political-parties public-office standing state-restriction Whether a state violates the First Amendment by barring members of small political parties from holding a public office
20-1100 Paul Rodriguez, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-02-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) electoral-college equal-protection first-amendment political-parties presidential-election summary-affirmance vote-dilution voting-rights Do the Equal Protection Clause and the First Amendment prohibit California's winner-take-all system for appointing presidential electors?
20-612 Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente, et al. v. Steve Simon, Minnesota Secretary of State Minnesota 2020-11-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) ballot-access equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment political-parties political-party-rights primary-election primary-elections Whether Minnesota's taxpayer-funded, state-administered, and binding presidential nomination primary election statutes are repugnant to the First and …
20-463 Robert A. Heghmann v. Democratic National Committee, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-10-13 Denied Response Waived candidate-rights civil-rights congressional-elections congressional-primaries democratic-party election-law political-parties racial-discrimination standing voter-standing voting-rights Does a voter have standing to challenge racial discrimination by the Democratic Party in Congressional Primary Elections?
19-1294 Geoffrey Young v. Amy McGrath Kentucky 2020-05-15 Denied Response Waived ballot-access ballot-challenge civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation democratic-party due-process election-integrity election-law judicial-procedure kentucky-constitution political-parties primary-election standing Whether Kentucky's Judicial Department unlawfully enabled the names of Amy McGrath and Andy Beshear to appear on general election ballots
19-757 Arizona Libertarian Party, et al. v. Katie Hobbs, Arizona Secretary of State Ninth Circuit 2019-12-13 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) ballot-access ballot-qualified-party candidate-qualification constitutional-threshold election-law independent-voters political-parties primary-election voter-eligibility voter-support Questions presented
19-234 Libertarian National Committee, Inc. v. Federal Election Commission District of Columbia 2019-08-22 Denied Amici (3) campaign-finance content-based-restrictions deceased-donor federal-election-commission first-amendment first-amendment-rights free-speech political-contributions political-parties testamentary-bequest testamentary-bequests Whether limiting the size of a deceased donor's uncoordinated testamentary bequest to a political party violates the party's First Amendment right to …
18-718 Geoffrey M. Young v. Sannie L. Overly, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-12-04 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process election-fraud immunity judicial-review party-accountability political-parties standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified
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…
18-149 Doug Lair, et al. v. Jeff Mangan, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of Political Practices, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-02 Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) campaign-finance campaign-finance-regulation civil-rights constitutional-rights contribution-limits election-law first-amendment free-speech political-contributions political-parties political-speech quid-pro-quo-corruption randall-v-sorrell standing Whether Montana's base candidate contribution limits on individual and political committees are unconstitutional under the First Amendment