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32 Howard L.J. 83 (1989)
Political Parties Win the Battle, Will They Win the War: Tashjian v. Republican Party of Connecticut

handle is hein.journals/howlj32 and id is 95 raw text is: COMMENT Political Parties Win the Battle, Will They Win the War?: Tashjian v. Republican Party of Connecticut TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................. 83 I. BACKGROUND ......................................... 86 A. Article I, Sec. 2, Cl. 1 and the Seventeenth Am endm ent ....................................... 86 B. Political Parties, the Nomination Process and the R ight to Vote ...................................... 88 C. State Action ....................................... 93 D. The White Primary Cases and Their Aftermath ..... 95 E. The Narrowing of the State Doctrine ................ 102 II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY OF TASHJIAN .... 103 III. THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION IN TASHJIAN ........ 107 IV. CRITIQUE OF TASHJIAN: EXPANSION OR MISAPPLICATION OF THE WHITE PRIMARY CASES? ..... 109 V. RAMIFICATIONS ........................................ 111 A. Prelude to Express State Action Ruling ............. 111 B. Implications of State Action Holding ................ 113 VI. RECOMMENDATIONS ................................... 115 CONCLUSION ................................................. 117 INTRODUCTION In recent years, the Supreme Court has greatly expanded the rights of political parties, largely through the right of association granted by the first amendment.' The right of free association allows a 1. See, e.g., Democratic Party of the Unites States v. Wisconsin ex rel. La Follette, 450 U.S. 107, 121 (1981) (stating right of political association is protected by first amendment); Cois-

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