On August 17, the Arizona lawsuit over public funding was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The 9th circuit had upheld extra public funding for certain candidates, back on May 21, 2010. There are actually two cert petitions. One is called McComish v Bennett and the other is Arizona Free Enterprise Club’s Freedom Club PAC v Bennett.
The 51-page cert petition for the Club is here. The cert petition for McComish is here. They both emphasize that the 2nd circuit and the 11th circuit have recently ruled that extra public funding for certain candidates violates the U.S. Constitution. Those two other circuits disagreed with the 9th circuit opinion in this case. The U.S. Supreme Court is therefore likely to take this case, to resolve the circuit split. Thanks to ElectionLawBlog for the links.
Is there some sort of genetic defect in the 9th Circuit party hack judges that causes them to write junk – so that the SCOTUS party hacks have a reason to write more junk ???