Agreed.
I just don’t see how there is any federal legal violation here. Political parties can choose their candidates for office in any way they decide. There is no requirement that an election or caucus be held. They can pick candidates in a smoke filled room. They can choose candidates by coin flip or drawing straws. So I don’t see how this can go anywhere in court.
” Political parties can choose their candidates for office in any way they decide.”
I don’t think that they can change the rules after the game has started.