· 7/24/2008
Hollander v. McCain
Citations
- 566 F. Supp. 2d 63
- 2008 DNH 129
- 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 56729
- 2008 WL 2853250
How courts have described this case
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- noting that such harm “would adversely affect only the generalized interest of all citizens in constitutional governance”
- explaining that a “political party has standing to challenge the inclusion of an allegedly ineligible rival on the ballot, on the theory that doing so hurts the . . . party’s own chances of prevailing in the election”
- explaining that a “political party has standing to challenge the inclusion of an allegedly ineligible rival on the ballot, on the theory that doing so hurts the . . . party’s own chances of prevailing in the election”
- discussing Schlesinger v. Reservists Committee to Stop the War, 418 U.S. 208, 217, 229 (1974
- voter lacked standing to 25 challenge John McCain’s ability to run for presidency under Natural Born Citizen Clause
- “[C]ourts have held that a candidate or his political party has standing to challenge the inclusion of an allegedly ineligible rival on the ballot, on the theory that doing so hurts the candidate’s or party’s own chances of prevailing in the election.”
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Judges: Joseph N. Laplante
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