No. 21-1288
Libertarian Party of Alabama v. John Harold Merrill, Alabama Secretary of State
Amici (1)Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment political-parties voter-registration
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference:
2022-04-22
Question Presented (from Petition)
Does it violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution for a State to discriminate against minor political parties by providing copies of a legally required, computerized, taxpayer-funded, state voter registration list free of charge to major political parties, while requiring minor political parties to pay an exorbitant fee ($35,912.76) to obtain a copy?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does it violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments for a State to discriminate against minor political parties by providing voter-registration-lists free to major parties but charging an exorbitant fee to minor parties?
Docket Entries
2022-04-25
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-15
Brief amici curiae of Coalition for Free and Open Elections and Citizens in Charge filed. (Distributed)
2022-04-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/22/2022.
2022-03-31
Waiver of right of respondent John Harold Merrill, Alabama Secretary of State to respond filed.
2022-03-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 22, 2022)
2022-02-14
Application (21A408) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until March 21, 2022.
2022-02-07
Application (21A408) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 17, 2022 to April 18, 2022, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Attorneys
Coalition for Free and Open Elections; Citizens in Charge
John Harold Merrill, Secretary of State for the State of Alabama
Edmund Gerard LaCour Jr. — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Libertarian Party of Alabama
David I. Schoen — Attorney at Law, Petitioner