On June 21, Alaska filed its brief in the Ninth Circuit in Raymond v Fenumiai, 13-35090. The case challenges Alaska’s ban on out-of-state circulators for initiatives. Alaska’s brief confines itself to arguing that the plaintiff, Robert Raymond, lacks standing and also that the case is not ripe. The state points out that Raymond, who lives in Wisconsin, has never actually alleged that he intends to come to Alaska to circulate any particular initiative.