On January 19, the Bernie Sanders supporters who are suing the Democratic National Committee filed their opening brief in Wilding v Democratic National Committee, 17-14194, in the Eleventh Circuit. The 40-page brief lays out the basic argument, which says that persons who donated to the Democratic Party have standing to complain that the party did not observe its own rules, requiring the party to remain neutral in the race for the presidential nomination.
The status of the OLDE common law in MD may be involved — when the MD part of DC got formed in 1800.
— if association/group *rules* are clear enough to be enforced in a DC/Fed court ???
Say what you will about Trump being the Republican nominee, at least the RNC didn’t interfere in the primary process to try to stop him, which is so much more than you can say about the corrupt DNC process. I wish them luck with their lawsuit.
Should easily win reversal. Depends on panel, of course.