“ While I doubt that any state interest can be so compelling as to justify an impairment of associational freedoms in the area of philosophy-political or otherwise-the reasons advanced by the court below require an answer. ”

“ Not only does the denial of appellant's right to seek the nomination of the American Independence Party in 1972 seriously impair his right of political expression, but the 'compelling state interest' advanced by the appellees and accepted by the court below seems alien to our political and constitutional heritage. The right to run for public office seems a fundamental one.
The Ohio laws deny appellant that liberty, insofar as the 1972 election is concerned. ”