On March 18, the Minnesota Supreme Court explained why it denied injunctive relief to Rocky De La Fuente on January 9, 2020. De La Fuente had sued to overturn the new law that says political parties may decide which presidential candidates to list on that party’s presidential primary ballot. De La Fuente wanted to run in the Republican presidential primary, and the Minnesota Republican Party had chosen to list only President Donald Trump.
Here is the 32-page opinion in De La Fuente v Simon, A19-1994. The most important part of the decision occupies the last nine pages. It takes an expansive view of political party associational rights, and says freedom of association means that parties can refuse to associate with unwanted candidates. There is nothing in this decision that limits this idea to just a party’s presidential primary. The state would now be free to also say that the principle applies to all partisan primaries.
More brain rot by judic HACKS.
Each party = a FACTION / fraction of ALL PUBLIC VOTERS.
PUBLIC LAWS FOR BALLOT ACCESS — NOT SOME GANG LEADERSHIP MACHINATION.
SEE OLDE Texas White primary cases – 1928/1932 in SCOTUS.
One more reason why ballot access has to be in consts. — like election days and terms.
See 1989 Eu op in SCOTUS —
basic difference between PUBLIC and PRIVATE parts of parties.
There is nothing in the decision that says states could refuse to grant parties the authority to limit access to public-funded primaries.
Elections are for PUBLIC offices by PUBLIC candidates —
NOT party gangster monarch/oligarch stooge robot candidates.
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NOOOOO party hack caucuses, primaries and conventions
ONE election day
Nom pets only
PR
APPV
TOTSOP