On March 18, the Eighth Circuit heard Whitfield v Thurston, 20-2309. This is a challenge to the Arkansas ballot access law for non-presidential independent candidates for statewide office. The law requires 10,000 signatures, which can only be circulated in the months of February, March, and April of election years. Here is a link to the oral argument, which is 28 minutes long. The last seven minutes is probably the most interesting.