Legal Opinion
Libertarian Nat'l Comm. v. Terry Holiday
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 2, 2018No. 17-6216PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge.
In October 2014, Kentucky Educational Television (KET) hosted a debate between *944 the candidates for one of Kentucky's seats in the U.S. Senate. KET thought it would best serve viewers by giving airtime only to candidates capable of winning the seat. It therefore limited the debate to candidates who met certain minimal criteria-including, among others, that at least 1 in 10 Kentuckians actually planned to vote for them. Those criteria excluded David Patterson, the candidate for the Libertarian Party of Kentucky. Patterson and the Party thereafter challenged the criteria…
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- Lubin v. PanishSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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