Here is the story from al.com. I don’t know of a study that totals how much in legal fees government entities pay due to losing court decisions, but it has to be a substantial amount.
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Here is the story from the Associated Press on today’s ruling.
Here is the four-page opinion in Growe v Simon, A23-1354. It is unanimous. The Court says that the purpose of the presidential primary is to enable Republican voters to choose delegates to the national convention, and there is no basis to interfere with the Republican presidential primary. It says there is no law that says a presidential primary ballot cannot let people vote for delegates who are pledged to vote for an unqualified candidate at the national convention.
This decision could conceivably have turned out differently if the case were about the general election bvallot, but the Court said any decision about the general election ballot, even if it were to be filed soon, would not be ripe. Thanks to Derek Muller for the link to the decision.
On November 6, the plaintiffs in Frank v Lee, 21-8058, filed this request for reconsideration en banc in the Tenth Circuit. This is the case over the Wyoming law that does not permit political activity within 300 feet of the entrance to a polling place. The original 3-judge panel assigned to the case upheld the law last month.
Laws such as Wyoming’s make petitioning near the polls almost impossible.
Here is the story from Newsweek, which asserts that it is the biggest win in the history of the Libertarian Party.
Here is the news from FairVote.