On May 9, the 9th circuit issued an opinion in Association of American Physicians & Surgeons v Brewer, over the constitutionality of Arizona’s Clean Elections Law. The 9th circuit said the case is moot. It had been filed in 2002 by Congressman Matt Salmon, who was that year’s Republican nominee for Governor. The lawsuit charged that some aspects of the public funding law are unfair to candidates who choose not to use public funding. The 9th circuit said since the candidate-plaintiffs had not alleged they will run again, and since the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (another co-plaintiff) no longer has any election activity in Arizona, there is no longer any active controversy.