Democratic Party of United States v. Wisconsin Ex Rel. La Follette

The charter of the appellant Democratic Party of the United States (National Party) provides that delegates to its National Convention shall be chosen through procedures in which only Democrats can participate. Consistently with the charter, the National Party’s Delegate Selection Rules provide that only those who are willing to affiliate publicly with the Democratic Party may participate in the process of selecting delegates to the Party’s National Convention. The question on this appeal is whether Wisconsin may successfully insist that its delegates to the Convention be seated, even though…