Missouri and Florida laws mandate primary nominations; nullify political parties! Only the Courts can save Political Parties!
North Dakota legislators are now considering a similar ban on political party nominations; many other states also trample on the civil rights of members of political parties
MISSOURI CONSTITUTION BANS POLITICAL PARTY NOMINATIONS
Missouri voters in November amended the Missouri Constitution to “Require the plurality winner of a political party primary to be the single candidate at a general election.”
That’s it! One sentence to completely nullify political parties!
This act has created an irreconcilable conflict between the Missouri State Constitution that now assigns the right to nominate candidates for public office to voters in “primaries”, and the United States Constitution that protects the right of individual members of political parties to choose the various nominees of their party, free from governmental interference.
The First and Fourteenth Amendments are the provisions which members of political parties will call on to protect them from the government usurpation of their rights, in the Courts of Law.
In civil rights litigation under 42 U.S.C., Section 1983, members of political parties can sue state officials and others responsible for the “deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution…”.
The Missouri case is so unique that a single piece of paper should be enough to contain the entire complaint.
The Federal Court would be asked to take “judicial notice” of the complete language of the Missouri provision, which is all the evidence necessary for the Court to decide if members of political parties have been deprived of their Constitutionally protected rights by the Missouri government.
FLORIDA STATE LAW MANDATES PRIMARY NOMINATIONS
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued an executive order on November 13 calling for a Special Primary Election to fill two vacancies created when members of the House of Representatives resigned.
His order cited section 100.101(4), Florida Statutes, that “provides that a vacancy in the office of member from Florida of the House of Representatives of Congress” shall be filled by special election.
The order called for a Special Primary Election on January 28, 2025.
The Special Primary Elections produced candidates for the April 1, 2025 Special Election in Districts 1 and 6, neither one of them being residents of the district they will represent.
Republicans in those two districts had ZERO opportunity to choose their own representative in Congress!
NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATORS SEEK TO BAN PARTY NOMINATIONS
Republican legislators in North Dakota are sponsoring legislation to eliminate the right of Republicans to simply ENDORSE candidates to be placed on the primary election ballot.
Members of the Republican Party would therefore have no opportunity whatsoever to participate in the selection of their party’s candidates for public office!
THE “COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION” IS NOW IN SESSION!
The “Court of Public Opinion”(COPO)should take “jurisdiction” of this case in order to completely eliminate this Progressive Party practice of primary nominations.
The COPO is similar, but different, from a COURT OF LAW.
COURTS OF LAW base their decisions on EVIDENCE.
The COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION decisions are based on INFORMATION; sometimes true and sometimes false.
Again, the question before the “COURT” is, WHO DECIDES? PRIMARIES OR POLITICAL PARTIES?
Several questions for consideration by the COPO:
Why do Republicans appear to dislike their political party?
What caused the Republican majority in the Missouri legislature to initiate the constitutional amendment?
Why did neither the national Republican Party nor the national Democratic Party leadership oppose the usurpation of the rights of their members by the Missouri government?
Why did the media fail to report on this serious deprivation of individual rights given their mutual reliance on the First Amendment protection?
Are “primaries” binding in all states?
Can party rules nullify primaries?