The American Civil Liberties Union, which is representing the Green Party of Connecticut and the Libertarian Party of Connecticut, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court for more time to file its cert petition in Green Party of Connecticut v Lenge. This is the case that challenges Connecticut’s discriminatory public funding law. The request has been approved, and the brief is now due on December 10, 2010.
I am surprised they didn’t ask for a full Circuit Court rehearing.
The 2nd circuit has a reputation for almost never granting such requests, and for frowning at them.
It could of been an Option. And if that did not work they could have then appealed to the Supreme Court.
Even though the state lost this case originally they have expanded the law and doubled the taxpayer money going to some candidates.