On August 27, the Montana Green Party, and Howie Hawkins, asked the Ninth Circuit to let them intervene in the ballot access lawsuit Davis v Stapleton and Montana Democratic Party, 20-35734. Here is the 21-page Motion. Even if you don’t normally read legal briefs, consider reading this one, especially pages 13 and 14.

Even though this case is about whether the Green Party should be on the ballot in Montana, the original plaintiffs don’t include the Montana Green Party; they only include two of its nominees for congress and state legislature. It would be bizarre if the Ninth Circuit refused to let the Green Party intervene in a lawsuit over whether it should be on the ballot. Nevertheless, the Montana Democratic Party has told the party that it does not consent to letting the party intervene. It will be interesting to see whether the Ninth Circuit allows the intervention.