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[Jeff In Milwaukee]

This case references Cousin v. Wigoda, in which the Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling that prohibited the Democratic National Committee from barring delegates to the national convention that, in the DNC's opinion, were improperly selected under the DNC's rules.

Justice Brennan: Thus, Illinois' interest in protecting the integrity of its electoral process cannot be deemed compelling in the context of the selection of delegates to the National Party Convention. Whatever the case of actions presenting claims that the Party's delegate selection procedures are not exercised within the confines of the Constitution - and no such claims are made here - this is a case where "the convention itself the proper forum for determining intra-party disputes as to which delegates be seated."