On March 5, four political science professors filed this amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Schmitt v LaRose, 19-974. The issue is whether the First Amendment protects initiative proponents from having their measures removed from the ballot by an election administrator, even though enough valid signatures were submitted, because the election administrator thinks the initiative would be unconstitutional or illegal if the voters passed it.

The professors are Todd Donovan, Janine Parry, Daniel A. Smith, and Caroline J. Tolbert. They have all studied initiatives and they believe the U.S. Supreme Court ought to hear the case.