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Ruling on public financing delayed
January 18, 2010
Phoenix, Arizona: U.S. District Court Judge Roslyn Silver delayed a final ruling on the case of whether or not to supplement publicly funded candidates when their privately funded counterparts outspend them. Judge Silver believes that it is unconstitutional to match funds when the private money spent comes from the candidates themselves, however, she did say that funds from donation may be matched by the government.[1]
Judge Silver has also given attorneys time to exercise the option to file an appeal so that, even if Silver rules against them the current matching funds provision to the 1998 law, which allowed candidates who were not privately funded get set allocations from the state, to stay in place for the rest of 2010.[1]
Footnotes
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Arizona • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Arizona
State courts:
Arizona Supreme Court • Arizona Court of Appeals • Arizona Superior Court • Arizona Justice Courts • Arizona Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Arizona • Arizona judicial elections • Judicial selection in Arizona
