Legal Opinion
Voting for America, Inc. v. Andrade
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided August 2, 2012No. Civil Action No. G-12-44PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
GREGG COSTA, District Judge.
Broad-based participation in the political process is crucial to governmental legitimacy and the proper functioning of our constitutional system. See The Federalist No. 10 (James Madison); see also Kramer v. Union Free Sch. Dist. No. 15, 395 U.S. 621, 626, 89 S.Ct. 1886, 23 L.Ed.2d 583 (1969) (“Any unjustified discrimination in determining who may participate in political affairs or in the selection of public officials undermines the legitimacy of representative…
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