Parties: Eu v. San Francisco County Democratic Cent. Comm.
Date: 1989-02-22
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Paragraph: 10 - Turning to the merits, the court characterized the prohibition on primary endorsements as an "outright ban" on political speech. Id., at 833. N190* "Prohibiting the governing body of a political party from supporting some candidates and opposing others patently infringes both the right of the party to express itself freely and the right of party members to an unrestricted flow of political information."
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Paragraph: 15 - Barring political parties from endorsing and opposing candidates not only burdens their freedom of speech but also infringes upon their freedom of association. It is well settled that partisan political organizations enjoy freedom of association protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Tashjian, supra, 479 U.S. at 214, 107 S.Ct. at 548; see also Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347, 357, 96 S.Ct. 2673, 2681, 49 L.Ed.2d 547 (1976) (plurality opinion). Freedom of association means not only that an individual voter has the right to associate with the political party of her choice, Tashjian, supra, 479 U.S., at 214, 107 S.Ct., at 548 (quoting Kusper, supra, 414 U.S., at 57, 94 S.Ct., at 307), but also that a political party has a right to " 'identify the people who constitute the association,' "
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