Sunday, December 07, 2014
IJ victory in Arizona. not much press on it yet, or i am googling wrong.
http://tucson.com/news/local/federal-judge-strikes-down-campaign-finance-law/article_74fe2156-9ce9-587f-b0d5-469e2f9abe60.html via electionlawblog.
http://www.elynews.com/2013/12/13/nevada-disclosure-law-fails-free-speech-muster/ This story mentions an earlier round of the litigation.
http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2014/10/29/az-dark-money-disclosure-laws-case/
Drake said if Teilborg enjoins enforcement of the law, the state will seek immediate review by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. And he said the state will ask that Teilborg’s ruling be placed on hold until that can happen.
http://www.ij.org/fountain-hills-arizona-speech
This case is a part of the Institute for Justice’s Citizen Speech Initiative, a national effort to restore full protection to free political speech. The fight for truly free speech, in Arizona and beyond, will continue.
“I don’t think you can understand what sort of chaos that would cause,” Drake said.
The 2013 ruling this builds off of:
http://ij.org/images/pdf_folder/first_amendment/az_fountain_hills/az-fh-order-9_30_13.pdfhttp://az.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.20111103_0001975.DAZ.htm/qx The 2011 preliminary injunction.
But Tom Collins, executive director of the Citizens Clean Elections Commission, said there may be an escape valve of sorts.
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