Attorneys for Utah state government have filed this brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Utah Republican Party v Cox, 18-450. The state government asks the Court to refuse to hear the case. The issue is whether the Constitution protects a party’s right to decide how to nominate.

The state’s brief reads as though the Republican Party doesn’t want to nominate by primary. Actually the party does want to nominate by primary. But it wants to keep candidates off its primary ballot unless they have substantial support at a pre-primary endorsements meeting. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.