THE LOWDEN LINE

Today Nevada’s Second District Court, siding with clear United State Supreme Court precedent that internal party disputes are best left to the political parties and not judges, rejected a motion for a preliminary injunction which would have restrained the Nevada Republican Party from submitting the lists of Nevada Republicans who will represent Nevada at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 1, 2008 through September 4, 2008.

“The Nevada Republican Party is pleased with the judge’s ruling,” stated David O’Mara, the Nevada Republican Party’s attorney. “The Court understands that it does not have jurisdiction to interfere with the political party’s constitutional right to make its own rules and decide who will be a delegate to its national convention. The proper place to air Plaintiffs’ concerns is at the National Republican Party Convention and the Court has agreed.”

“The events surrounding the election of the Nevada Republican Party’s delegates to the Republican National Convention, and the lawsuit that followed is a first time experience for the Republican Party of Nevada,” stated Nevada Republican Party Executive Director Zachary Moyle. “The party did everything that it could to reconvene the State convention. We look forward to working with Plaintiffs to elect Republicans at the local, state and federal level this election cycle and in the future.”