Legal Opinion
Libertarian Party of Kentucky v. Alison Grimes
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 26, 2016No. 16-6107PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
Appellants are the Libertarian Party of Kentucky, the Libertarian National Committee, the Constitution Party of Kentucky, and Ken Moellman, Jr., an individual voter and former Libertarian Party candidate for Kentucky state office. The gravamen of appellants’ complaint is that Kentucky law unconstitutionally burdens appellants’ First and Fourteenth Amendment rights to freedom of political association and equal protection by categorizing the Libertarian Party and Constitution Party as “political groups,” which must petition to list their candidates for state and…
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