U.S. Supreme Court Accepts Case on Extra Public Funding for Certain Candidates

On November 29, the U.S. Supreme Court revealed that it had decided last Tuesday to hear the Arizona public funding case.  Technically, it is two cases that the Court is combining:  McComish v Bennett, 10-239; and Arizona Free Enterprise Club’s Freedom PAC v Bennett, 10-238.

The issue is whether a state’s public funding for candidates program may provide extra public funding for candidates who have privately-funded opponents with a great deal of resources.  This will be the second case the Supreme Court has ever taken that concerns public funding for candidates.  The first was Buckley v Valeo, which upheld the presidential public funding system in 1976.  See this story by Joan Biskupic.


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U.S. Supreme Court Accepts Case on Extra Public Funding for Certain Candidates — 1 Comment

  1. Gee – is each candidate getting EQUAL public funding ???

    Equal as in the EQUAL Protection Clause — regardless of any 1st Amdt stuff.

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