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On October 1st, 2007, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party case. The Court was asked to consider whether or not Washington's "modified blanket primary" system violates the First and Fourteenth Amendment right to freedom of association by denying political parties control over which candidates to endorse? In this episode of SCOTUScast, Miller Baker, a partner in the DC based law firm, McDermott Will & Emery, offers his own analysis of the case.

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