Democratic National Committee v. Bostelmann

Ct. of Appeals found that intervenors (Wisconsin Legislature, Republican National Committee and Wisconsin Republican Party), who defended certain statutes that pertained to registration of voters and conduct in this November’s election in action seeking extension of certain statutory deadlines, lacked standing to appeal Dist. Ct.’s order that extended deadlines for online and mail-in registration, as well as deadlines for delivery of absentee ballots and receipt of mailed ballots. Dist. Ct. did not order Republican National Committee or Wisconsin Republican Party to do or forbid them from doing anything, and neither entity argued that new deadlines would violate any constitutional rights of their members. Moreover, state legislature was not entitled to represent Wisconsin's interest in sustaining validity of enacted legislation, since such power belonged exclusively to Wisconsin’s executive branch.