The Vermont case is another that was heard in November and that justices are obviously struggling with. The case actually started out small, confined to a fairly narrow question. Nowhere in your list of important cases is anything concerning the recent arguments about open primaries. There was one blurb the day after arguments, but that was it. Open primaries represent reasonable and necessary efforts by voters to rein in the polarizing effects to our political system of the two major parties.
Parties are nowhere to be found in the constitution.
The founders spoke out against parties. You'll find it both on the front page of our Supreme Court special report and in the related links at the top of this page. Hey, California, you're not reading the paper very well. And when the court rules, we'll cover that too. Now, the 7th Circuit upheld similar laws from Illinois and Wisconsin.