Ex Parte Rogelio Lopez-Perez v. the State of Texas

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• holding that California violated the First Amendment by, inter alia, banning primary endorsements by political parties
• recognizing that the First Amendment, while guaranteeing associational rights, does not bar “intervention ... necessary to prevent the dero gation of the civil rights of party adherents”
• holding that \political organizations enjoy freedom of association protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments\
• recognizing that the First Amendment, while guaranteeing associational rights, does not bar \intervention . . . necessary to prevent the derogation of the civil rights of party adherents\
• holding that California ban on primary endorsements “suffocates” freedom of association, and that laws regulating party governing bodies unjustifiably burden strong associational rights
• holding that a ban on primary endorsements affects speech at the core of the electoral process and of the First Amendment freedoms

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