U.S. Supreme Court Ducks Involvement in Arizona Public Funding Case For Time Being

On June 1, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to get involved in McComish v Bennett, the case from Arizona over public funding for candidates for state office. The 9th circuit had upheld Arizona’s public funding system. Here is the Court’s order.

The Court rejected the appeal of opponents of public funding for a technical reason. Opponents of public funding are free to try again, if they fix their technical glitch. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link. UPDATE: on the afternoon of June 1, opponents of the Arizona system filed a corrected document.


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