 The Human Rights Party filed a lawsuit with the US District court for eastern Michigan, "Human Rights Party v. Secretary of State for Michigan".They requested that the court declare the statute unconstitutional on the ground that it denies persons under eighteen years of age equal protection of the law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.The court argued that "Court in Oregon v. Mitchell", "YMCA Vote at 18 Club v. Board of Elections of the City of N.Y." and "McGowan v. Maryland" provided precedents of age deterrents.