The U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd circuit, will hear Connecticut’s appeal in Green Party of Connecticut v Garfield on January 13, 2010. The issue is whether the Constitution prohibits states from passing public funding measures for state office that are strongly discriminatory in favor of Democratic and Republican candidates, and strongly discriminatory against independent candidates. The 2nd circuit is only giving 15 minutes for the hearing, which suggest the 3 judges will strongly rely on reading the briefs, which, for the most part, are still being written.