The New York election law case being argued in the U.S. Supreme Court on October 3 will feature three attorneys. Arguing for Margarita Lopez Torres and her fellow plaintiffs (candidates who have been excluded from New York Republican and Democratic primary ballots, and voters who want to vote for them) is Frederick A. O. “Fritz” Schwarz. He has been involved in the lawsuit since the beginning. He is Chair of the New York City Campaign Finance Board, a former Chief Counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and a leader of the Brennan Center for Justice.

Arguing in defense of New York state election laws are two attorneys. Theodore Olson is a former Solicitor General under our current president, and has argued in the U.S. Supreme Court on 46 occasions. He was not involved with the case until it reached the U.S. Supreme Court. He will speak on behalf of the New York State Board of Elections.

Andrew Rossman will also argue on the side of the state, but he will be representing the Democratic Party of Manhatten (i.e., New York County). He has been involved in this case in the lower courts. It will be his first time arguing in the U.S. Supreme Court.