You can now read briefs from the state, Murkowski, and the Alaska Federation of Natives (amicus). Two things caught my eye in the state’s brief. First, my friend Lisa M. Lackey makes an appearance on page 60. Second, the state’s brief at 18 quotes my Democracy Canon article, noting my observation that Alaska has a particularly strong form of the canon. Murkowski endorses the canon as well in her brief. (As I wrote in my reply to Chris Elmendorf’s response piece on the canon, this is not a “Democratic Party” canon; it is a canon favoring voters that in certain circumstances can help Democrats, Republicans, or others.) It will be interesting to see if Miller responds on the Democracy Canon point in his reply brief due Thursday afternoon (oral argument is Friday afternoon).