“Isn’t this up to the party?”
Yes, that is what the judge ruled.
There is also a state law that binds the delegates and he ruled that that state law is unconstitutional.
Not the Party rule that binds them.
FReepers are hyperventilating again without understanding.
This means that state law can’t determine internal Republican Party rules. Nothing has changed with binding delegate votes by party, not state, rules.
The case made during appeal will be that since the state pays for the primary, the state can bind the results by law. Interesting, but won’t change the convention vote one bit.
Thank you.
How did the judge deal with the fact that it is state legislatures empowered explicitly in the constitution to select electors?
Oh ok,....so let me see if I understand.
The judge isn’t interfering with the party rules, he’s saying that actual state law can’t trump political party (a private entity) rules?
Is that like saying if you start a private club or group, the state laws can’t subvert your club rules? I know I’m dumbing it down, but that’s the best way to understand it.
Is that right?