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Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party

552 U.S. 442·2008

What the Court Decided

The Supreme Court upheld Washington State's nonpartisan blanket primary against a facial constitutional challenge, applying the principle that a law with a 'plainly legitimate sweep' is not facially invalid even if some hypothetical applications might raise legal concerns.

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Cited In

Garland v. VanDerStok

2024 Term · 23-852

Justice Sotomayor referenced the 'plainly legitimate sweep' standard — that possible impermissible applications cannot render a rule facially invalid so long as the rule has a substantial range of permissible applications — as an intermediate standard the ATF rule would also satisfy.