King Street Patriots, Catherine Engelbrecht, Bryan Engelbrecht, and Diane Josephs v. Texas Democratic Party Gilberto Hinojosa, Successor to Boyd Richie, in His Capacity as Chairman of the Texas Democratic Party John Warren, in His Capacity as Democratic Nominee for Dallas County Clerk And Ann Bennett, in Her Capacity as the Democratic

The liberty of the electors in the exercise of the right vested in them by the Constitution to choose public officers on whatever principle or dictated by whatever motive they see fit .... cannot be denied.1

Political liberty is the bedrock of our democracy, and the right of citizens to choose their public officials and political associations is deeply rooted in our constitutional firmament. The vast breadth of the freedoms ‘We the People”2 enjoy moved Alexis de Tocqueville to write “[tjhere is only one country on the face of the earth where the citizens enjoy unlimited freedom of association…