[Roccus]

"Defendants assert that the Tennessee Democratic Party has the right to nominate whoever it chooses to run as a candidate, including someone who is not qualified for the office."

100% CORRECT

Qualifications mean nothing. Eligibility on the other hand.....

[edge919]

No, the qualification argument is on the basis of Constitutional eligibility. This addressed elsewhere in the decision:

Plaintiffs begin by discussing their theory about President Obama’s citizenship and why they believe he is not qualified for his office.

The TDP acknowledges this is about Constitutional eligibility.

Defendants go on to argue that the interests which Liberty Legal Foundation seeks to protect, i.e. the right to have a constitutionally-qualified candidate on the ballot, are not germane to the organization’s stated mission to defend “basic human rights.”