Could Delegate's Lawsuit Derail Trump's Nomination?

[struggle4progress]

JUN 24 2016, 5:25 PM ET
by ALEXANDRA JAFFE

A Virginia delegate to the Republican National Convention filed a class action lawsuit in federal court Friday challenging a state law that binds delegates to support the primary winner at the nominating convention ...

... it will be a test case of a key argument being pushed by some Trump opponents who want to see him stopped at a contested convention.

The outcome of the lawsuit could have significant implications for Donald Trump's nomination, as it will be a test case of a key argument being pushed by some Trump opponents who want to see him stopped at a contested convention.

They argue that state laws requiring delegates to vote for a specific candidate are unconstitutional, on the grounds that they violate the First Amendment's protection of the right to assemble — and that delegates to the national convention should be allowed to vote for whomever they please ...

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/delegates-file-lawsuit-challenging-binding-rules-n598696

[Gothmog]

1. There is good case law to the effect that you can not bind delegates

[mrmpa]

2. I have a hard time wrapping my head around how........

a State government can make rules that tell members of non public entities how they must vote & act.. An example would be if the government made a rule that said all delegates to the AFL-CIO must vote a certain way. That ain't going to happen