Judge orders New York’s Democratic presidential primary to take place
by Mike Brest
| May 06, 2020 08:31 AM
A federal judge has ordered the New York Democratic primary to occur after it was canceled late last month.
Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang was among a group of delegates to the upcoming Democratic National Convention, and he filed a lawsuit after the primary was canceled following every candidate but former Vice President Joe Biden suspending their campaigns. However, the plaintiffs argued that the move infringed on resident's "right to choose our next candidate for the office of President of the United States.â€
Judge Analisa Torres issued a ruling Tuesday night in favor of Yang, who sought to win delegates in the primary despite having suspended his campaign, according to Politico.
"The Court concludes that Plaintiffs and Plaintiff-Intervenors have shown a clear and substantial likelihood of success on the merits of their claim that the Democratic Commissioners’ April 27 Resolution removing Yang, Sanders, and eight other Democratic presidential candidates from the ballot deprived them of associational rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution," the judge wrote in her decision.
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