Book contents
- Throwing the Party
- Cambridge Studies on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
- Throwing the Party
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Foundations
- Part II Party Primaries
- 4 Setting the Stage
- 5 Primaries and the Party in the Electorate
- 6 Double Standards
- 7 Doubling Down on the Party Organization in Service of the Major Parties
- Part III The Party, the Court, and Campaign Finance Law
- Part IV Passé Equal Protection and a Way Forward
- Index
6 - Double Standards
Organizations over Individuals and Major over Minor Parties
from Part II - Party Primaries
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 June 2022
- Throwing the Party
- Cambridge Studies on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
- Throwing the Party
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Foundations
- Part II Party Primaries
- 4 Setting the Stage
- 5 Primaries and the Party in the Electorate
- 6 Double Standards
- 7 Doubling Down on the Party Organization in Service of the Major Parties
- Part III The Party, the Court, and Campaign Finance Law
- Part IV Passé Equal Protection and a Way Forward
- Index
Summary
The previous chapter addressed the impact various primary forms have on individual voters, or as political scientists might call them, the party in the electorate. This chapter explores these very same issues from the perspective of the party organization – the decision-makers within a party who constitute the party’s singular legal voice. It exposes not only how different the Court’s treatment has been when it is the party organization, rather than the party in the electorate, that is seeking constitutional redress, but also when it is a major party, rather than a third party. The contrast is striking.
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- Throwing the PartyHow the Supreme Court Puts Political Party Organizations Ahead of Voters, pp. 99 - 119Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022