Today, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear the Arizona taxpayer campaign financing case.
This development was expected, but until the Court actually decided to hear the case, you never knew what they were going to do.
The central question in the case is whether the matching funds that are a central component of “clean elections” is constitutional. North Carolina has these types of taxpayer campaign financing systems for appellate judicial races and select Council of State races.
All indications suggest that these political welfare programs will officially be declared unconstitutional by May or June.
The NC legislature should take action immediately, regardless of what the Court does, because chilling free speech and forcing taxpayers to support speech they oppose is unethical and contrary to the First Amendment.
If you want to learn more about this issue, click here and here.
H/T: RH
