Thanks to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News for this post.

On December 27th, Gary Johnson and Jill Stein asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Johnson v Commission on Presidential Debates, the case over whether federal Anti-Trust Law has any bearing on the Commission on Presidential Debates’ Restrictive Policy on who gets into the Presidential Debates.

QUESTION PRESENTED

Whether the exclusionary rules for participation in presidential debates established by an agreement between the Commission on Presidential Debates, a joint venture of the Republican and Democratic National Committees, and the presidential nominees of the Republican and Democratic Parties, to destroy or cripple competition by third party nominees or independent candidates in highly commercialized general election campaigns fall within the sweeping ambit of the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. Sections 1 and 2, and the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. Sections 15 and 26.

PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDING

The Parties to the Proceeding are: Petitioners Gary E. Johnson, Gary Johnson 2012, Inc., Libertarian National Committee, James Gray, Green Party of the United States, Jill Stein, Jill Stein for President, and Cheri Honkala; and, Respondents Commission on Presidential Debates, Republican National Committee, Democratic National Committee, Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., Michael D. McCurry, Barack Obama, and Willard Mitt Romney.

CLICK HERE to read the 173 page (pdf) Petition for Writ of Certiorari.









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