California Court Upholds Right of County Democratic Party to Expel a Member of County Central Committee
June 30th, 2009On June 3, a California State Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling, that said the San Luis Obispo County Democratic Party had a right to expel a member of its county central committee. On June 29, the State Court of Appeals denied a rehearing. The case is Wilson v San Luis Obispo County Democratic Central Committee. See the 19-page decision here. Thanks to ElectionLawBlog for this news.
June 30th, 2009 at 11:49 am
The problem I have with cases such as this is that the court seems to want to treat political parties like the Boy Scouts of America, with the additional rule that ejected members are SOL if they want to create their own club….