On March 4, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Utah Republican Party v Cox, 18-450, the case over the extent to which state government can tell parties how to nominate.
On March 4, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Utah Republican Party v Cox, 18-450, the case over the extent to which state government can tell parties how to nominate.
For NON-SCOTUS fans
Thus –
whose power –
the state or the party ???
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/18-450.html
Lots of junk briefs.
Decipher results ???
The state regime won.
The state can require primaries.
Party factions continue NOT to be independent empires in the PUBLIC nomination / election process.
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NO primaries needed or wanted — producing extremist hacks.
PR and AppV