No. 19-1207

Geoffrey M. Young v. Denise G. Clayton, Chief Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals

Lower Court: Kentucky
Docketed: 2020-04-10
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: ballot-access ballot-challenge due-process election-law federalism judicial-review kentucky-supreme-court original-jurisdiction separation-of-powers standing state-constitution state-constitution-interpretation statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2020-06-11
Question Presented (from Petition)

1) Whether the Supreme Court of Kentucky
may nullify Kentucky's ballot challenge statute,
Kentucky Revised Statute ("KRS ") 118.176, and
violate Sections 14, 15 and 115 of the Kentucky
Constitution.

2) Whether the Supreme Court of Kentucky
may refuse to file and adjudicate two original actions
that petition the Court to overrule its decision in
Gibson v. Thompson , 336 S.W.3d 81 (Ky. 2011) that
arguably nullified KRS 118.176.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Supreme Court of Kentucky may nullify Kentucky's ballot challenge statute, Kentucky Revised Statute ('KRS') 118.176, and violate Sections 14, 15 and 115 of the Kentucky Constitution

Docket Entries

2020-06-15
Petition DENIED.
2020-05-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2020.
2020-03-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 11, 2020)

Attorneys

Geoffrey M. Young
Geoffrey M. Young — Petitioner