Bloomberg BNA:

U.S. Supreme Court intervention in a case dealing with possible campaign finance violations by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) remains “a long shot,” despite new evidence the governor was involved in a fundraising scheme involving undisclosed contributions during a 2012 recall election, legal scholars and election law practitioners told Bloomberg BNA.

Many in the campaign finance world are eagerly awaiting the Supreme Court’s response to a petition for certiorari filed by a group of Wisconsin district attorneys objecting to a 4-2 ruling by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in July 2015. The state court ruling shut down the prosecutors’ “John Doe” criminal probe of possible illegal coordination between Walker and two dozen conservative advocacy organizations(Chisholm v. Two Unnamed Petitioners, U.S., No. 15-1416, petition for a writ of certiorari 4/27/16).

The Supreme Court court is expected to make a decision on whether to hear the case in a matter of days or weeks. The court’s opening conference is scheduled for Sept. 26 and news on cases accepted for review will follow.