219 F. Supp. 2d 1225 - Swanson v. Bennett’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “to ease the burden of gathering signatures. Id. at 1232. Accordingly, in denying Swanson's request for a preliminary injunction, the district court determined that plaintiff Swanson did not have a substantial likelihood of success in his challenge to Alabama's three-percent signature requirement. Id. 15 As to plaintiffs Cobb and Grimsley, the district court noted that they had met the three-percent signature requirement and determined that they had a substantial likelihood of success on the merits of their claims that they were deprived of”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Swanson III v. Worley O C

2. “the State has failed to articulate an adequate reason for applying the new deadline to the current election cycle instead of delaying its applicability or granting candidates such as Cobb and Grimsley a grace period for compliance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Swanson III v. Worley O C

3. “`is no more free to impose the legislative judgment of other States on a sister State than it is free to substitute its own judgment for that of the state legislature.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Swanson III v. Worley O C