Supreme Court· 1/15/1975

Cousins v. Wigoda

Citations

419 U.S. 477
95 S. Ct. 541
42 L. Ed. 2d 595
1975 U.S. LEXIS 21

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holding the state did not have a compelling reason for exercising control over the Illinois democratic party's delegate selection process
announcing the principle that “the pervasive national interest in the selection of candidates for national office ... is greater than any interest of an individual State”
“The National Democratic Party and its adherents enjoy a constitutionally protected right of political association.”
“[c]onsideration of the special function of delegates to ... a [National Party] Convention militates persuasively against the conclusion that the asserted interest constitutes a compelling state interest.”
referring to “the apportionment provisions of the Constitution”

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Judges: Rehtstquist, Brennan, Douglas, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Rehnquist, Burger, Stewart, Powell

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