government aid to parochial schools, and the Boy Scouts’ exclusion of homosexuals as members or adult leaders. Under the kind of blanket primary law nullified by yesterday’s California ruling ...

Supporters of the blanket primary said they will try to find a legally acceptable alternative in time for the 2002 election. "I will do everything within my power to find a constitutionally ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court struck down California’s “blanket primary” law Monday, ruling that political parties--not the people at large--have a right to choose their nominees for the ...

Re “Justices Reject State’s ‘Blanket Primary’ Law,” June 27: The Supreme Court invalidated a bad law but not a bad idea. In striking down the California “blanket primary,” the ...

Supreme Court - Primaries California's candidates for state and federal office this year were nominated under a new system called a "blanket primary." The new rules allowed primary voters to ...