NO. In the Supreme Court of the United States THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF KENTUCKY, et al., Petitioners, v. ALISON LUNDERGAN GRIMES, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, et al., Respondents. On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI Thomas B. Bruns Robert A. Winter, Jr. Bruns, Connell, Counsel of Record Vollmer, Armstrong Law Office of Robert A. Winter, Jr. 4750 Ashwood Dr., Ste. 200 P.O. Box 175883 Cincinnati, OH 45241 Fort Mitchell, KY 41017-5883 (513) 326-0274 (859) 250-3337
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[email protected] Counsel for Petitioners Becker Gallagher · Cincinnati, OH · Washington, D.C. · 800.890.5001 i QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the equal protection analysis in ballot access cases, including Anderson v. Celebrezze, 460 U.S. 790 (1983), and Burdick v. Takushi, 504 U.S. 428 (1992), incorporates a non-discrimination principle, separate and apart from the Anderson-Burdick burden analysis, as held by the Second, Third, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits, or whether the Anderson-Burdick burden analysis is the sole test for ballot access, as held by the Sixth Circuit here? 2. Whether a minor party must show its “exclusion or virtual exclusion” from the ballot to demonstrate a “severe burden” under Anderson-Burdick before strict scrutiny analysis is triggered, or whether a demonstration of significant roadblocks that extend beyond the merely inconvenient, as suggested by Justice Scalia and the Seventh Circuit, are sufficient to trigger a “severe burden” and strict scrutiny analysis? 3.