WTOP is reporting that the 4th U.S. Circuit Court will not rehear the case that sprung the “loyalty oath” hubbub last December:
In October, the appeals court ruled unanimously that open primaries are constitutional when freely chosen by a political party because state law also provides the option of closing the nominating process by holding conventions or canvasses, known as “firehouse primaries.”
But when an elected state official seeking another term uses the law to force his party to open the nomination to every voter through a primary, it violates the party’s First Amendment right of free association, the ruling said.
Good riddance. The sooner we move to party registration, the better.