Werbel v. Gernstein

The petitioner seeks to cancel the enrollment of the respondents in the Democratic Party.

Reduced to simplicity the single matter herein to be determined is, are the respondents in truth and in fact in sympathy with the principles of and entitled to remain enrolled as members of the Democratic Party in Kings County.

Political parties have existed in this Nation from its very first days. This Nation has grown and its course of existence has been influenced by the political philosophies of generally two major political parties. Their political philosophies have been peculiar to this Nation, born…