On July 20, a U.S. District Court struck down part of Maine’s law on public funding of candidates for state office. Specifically, the decision eliminates extra public funding for publicly-funded candidates who have privately-funded opponents with a great deal of resources. The decision was no surprise, because the U.S. Supreme Court had issued a similar decision in an Arizona case last month. The Maine case is Cushing v McKee, 1:10-cv-330. See this story.