On September 10, opponents of Alaska campaign finance limits filed a brief in Thompson v Hebdon, 17-35019. The case concerns Alaska’s cap on $3,000 that any candidate may receive from individuals living outside Alaska. It also concerns the Alaska $500 limit on contributions from an individual to a candidate, or to a party. The Ninth Circuit had recently invalidated these laws, and the state had not asked for a rehearing en banc. But then one full-time judge of the Ninth Circuit (it is not known which judge) arranged to have the panel ask both sides whether the case should be reheard.

Here is the brief of the opponents of the limits, arguing the case should not be reheard.