Washington State Democratic Central Committee
Respondent
David T. McDonald, Counsel of Record The Washington State Democratic Central Committee intervened as a co-plaintiff in this case after the Washington State Republican Party filed suit challenging the constitutionality of Initiative 872. David T. McDonald is a lawyer with the firm Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, where he specializes in technology law and constitutional and statutory law relating to political parties. He received his law degree from Harvard University in 1973. The following is excerpted from the Brief for the Respondent as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on August 3, 2007. Initiative872 achieves what this Court…
