Throwing the Party

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'Wayne Batchis's Throwing the Party synthesizes the disparate threads of the Supreme Court's political-party jurisprudence and puts that doctrine into conversation with the political science literature. Lawyers and political scientists will learn a lot about how the other field views the world after reading this terrific book.' Travis Crum, Associate Professor of Law, Washington University in St. Louis, former law clerk to Justices Anthony Kennedy and John Paul Stevens on the U.S. Supreme Court 'Political parties are private organizations with profoundly public effects. We value their rights of association while recognizing major competing First Amendment interests. Professor Batchis deftly navigates this complicated and important area of law with clarity and nuance, offering a thoughtful way forward as we think about the proper legal framework for political parties in this era of intense partisanship.' Derek T. Muller, Professor of Law, Bouma Fellow in Law, University of Iowa College of Law 'A landmark book ... Any scholar of political parties or judicial politics should take the time to read the arguments in this important book.' Matthew D. Montgomery, Perspectives on Politics