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Rutan Vs. Republican Party

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 21, 1990

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  1. Speiser Vs. Randall US Supreme Court · Jun 30, 1958
  2. Branti Vs. Finkel US Supreme Court · Mar 31, 1980
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  3. Elrod Vs. Burns US Supreme Court · Jun 28, 1976
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  4. Perry Vs. Sindermann US Supreme Court · Jun 29, 1972
  5. Buckley Vs. Valeo US Supreme Court · Jan 30, 1976
  6. Torcaso Vs. Watkins US Supreme Court · Jun 19, 1961
  7. Sherbert Vs. Verner US Supreme Court · Jun 17, 1963
  8. United Public Workers Vs. Mitchell US Supreme Court · Feb 10, 1947
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  9. Shelton Vs. Tucker US Supreme Court · Dec 12, 1960
  10. Rutan v. Republican
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  11. Party - 497 U.S. 62 (1990) U.S. Supreme Court Rutan v. Republican
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  12. Party, 497 U.S. 62 (1990) Rutan v. Republican
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  13. upon which relief could be granted. The Court of Appeals affirmed in part and reversed in part. Noting that Elrod v. Burns
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  14. U. S. 347 , and Branti v. Finkel
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  15. i.e., when they would lead reasonable persons to resign. The court concluded, based on Wygant v. Jackson
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  16. rely on a basis that infringes their constitutionally protected interests to deny them these valuable benefits. Perry v. Sindermann
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  17. the opinion of the Court. To the victor belong only those spoils that may be constitutionally obtained. Elrod v. Burns
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  18. U. S. 347 (1976), and Branti v. Finkel
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  19. Id., 427 U.S. at 427 U. S. 355 (citing Buckley v. Valeo
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  20. emphasized. 427 U.S. at 427 U. S. 356 . Both the plurality and the concurrence drew support from Perry v. Sindermann
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  21. could not command directly.' Speiser v. Randall
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  22. West Virginia Bd. of Education v. Barnette
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  23. Decades of decisions by this Court belie such a claim. We premised Torcaso v. Watkins
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  24. Id. at 367 U. S. 496 . In Keyishian v. Board
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  25. because it premised employment on an unconstitutional restriction of political belief and association. In Elfbrandt v. Russell
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  26. Public Workers v. Mitchell
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  27. the government from accomplishing indirectly. See Perry, 408 U.S. at 408 U. S. 597 (citing Speiser v. Randall
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  28. Sherbert v. Verner
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  29. Ibid., citing Wygant v. Jackson
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  30. Therefore, for purposes of our review, we must assume that petitioners' well-pleaded allegations are true. Berkovitz v. United
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  31. U. S. 507 (1980), also refined the exception created by Elrod v. Burns
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  32. Respondents' reliance on Johnson v. Transportation
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  33. rights because he had no claim of right to employment in the first place, that argument is foreclosed by Perry v. Sindermann
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  34. use of patronage practices immunizes them from constitutional scrutiny. Third, he assumes that the decisions in Elrod v. Burns
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  35. these propositions. Illinois State Employees Union, Council 34, Am. Fed of State, County, and Municipal Emp., AFL-CIO v. Lewis
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  36. reason. The Supreme Court has plainly identified that distinction on many occasions, most recently in Perry v. Sindermann
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  37. F.2d at 568, n. 14. See, e.g., Brown v. Board
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  38. by the fact that the 'spoils system has been entrenched in American history for almost two hundred years.' Alomar v. Dwyer
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  39. no constitutional right to his job, there can be no valid constitutional objection to his summary removal. See Bailey v. Page
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  40. Adler v. Board
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  41. Keyishian v. Board
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  42. constitutional law subsequent to the Supreme Court's unequivocal repudiation of the line of cases ending with Bailey v. Richardson
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  43. and Adler v. Board
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  44. F.2d at 568 (footnotes and citations omitted). With respect to Justice SCALIA's view that, until Elrod v. Burns
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  45. federal civil service employees from taking an active part in partisan political activities. United Public Workers v. Mitchell
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  46. Oklahoma could not require its employees to profess their loyalty by denying past association with Communists. Wieman v. Updegraff
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  47. cook could be summarily excluded from a naval gun factory. Cafeteria and Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473, AFL-CIO v. McElroy
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  48. to speak on issues of public importance may not furnish the basis for his dismissal from public employment.' Pickering v. Board
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  49. The holding in Pickering was a natural sequel to Mr. Justice Frankfurter's comment in dissent in Shelton v. Tucker
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  50. right to public employment, but nevertheless may not be dismissed for exercising his First Amendment rights. Perry v. Sindermann
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