43 Cited authorities

Wash. State Grange v. Wa. State Repub. Party
552 U.S. 442 (2008) Cited 1,251 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that courts should neither "anticipate a question of constitutional law in advance of the necessity of deciding it" nor "formulate a rule of constitutional law broader than is required by the precise facts to which it is to be applied"
Burdick v. Takushi
504 U.S. 428 (1992) Cited 1,260 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that Hawaii's prohibition on write-in voting did not violate the challengers' freedoms of expression and association
Anderson v. Celebrezze
460 U.S. 780 (1983) Cited 1,511 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that Ohio statute requiring independent candidates to file statements of candidacy by March to appear on November ballot was unconstitutional
Reynolds v. Sims
377 U.S. 533 (1964) Cited 2,829 times 6 Legal Analyses
Holding that "the Equal Protection Clause requires that the seats in both houses of a bicameral state legislature must be apportioned on a population basis"
Crawford v. Marion County Election Board
553 U.S. 181 (2008) Cited 460 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that a photo identification requirement imposed "a limited burden"
Storer v. Brown
415 U.S. 724 (1974) Cited 1,092 times
Holding challenge to election regulation not moot despite election being "long over" because regulation remained in effect and applied to "future elections"
Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc.
525 U.S. 182 (1999) Cited 463 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding unconstitutional a requirement that initiative petition circulators be registered voters
Wooley v. Maynard
430 U.S. 705 (1977) Cited 946 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that a state cannot require a citizen to display the state motto, "Live Free or Die," on their license plate
Bullock v. Carter
405 U.S. 134 (1972) Cited 964 times
Holding high filing fees collected to finance primary elections unconstitutional
Meyer v. Grant
486 U.S. 414 (1988) Cited 549 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that the circulation of a petition seeking a ballot initiative is an "interactive communication concerning political change that is appropriately described as ‘core political speech’ "

Semple et al v. Williams

43 Cited authorities

Holding that courts should neither "anticipate a question of constitutional law in advance of the necessity of deciding it" nor "formulate a rule of constitutional law broader than is required by the precise facts to which it is to be applied"

Holding that Hawaii's prohibition on write-in voting did not violate the challengers' freedoms of expression and association

Holding that Ohio statute requiring independent candidates to file statements of candidacy by March to appear on November ballot was unconstitutional

Holding that "the Equal Protection Clause requires that the seats in both houses of a bicameral state legislature must be apportioned on a population basis"

Holding that a photo identification requirement imposed "a limited burden"

Holding challenge to election regulation not moot despite election being "long over" because regulation remained in effect and applied to "future elections"

Holding unconstitutional a requirement that initiative petition circulators be registered voters

Holding that a state cannot require a citizen to display the state motto, "Live Free or Die," on their license plate

Holding high filing fees collected to finance primary elections unconstitutional

Holding that the circulation of a petition seeking a ballot initiative is an "interactive communication concerning political change that is appropriately described as ‘core political speech’ "