Via email comes a press release which begins: “Lawyers for the James Madison Center today filed a petition for a writ of certiorari, asking the Supreme Court to consider an appeal of the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Flint v. Dennison, 488 F.3d 816 (9th Cir. 2007). Applying the lowest level of scrutiny, the Ninth Circuit ruled that expenditure limits of $100 for campaigns for student government offices at the University of Montana’s 10,000 student Missoula campus reasonably serve the University’s educational interests.”
I am predicting a cert. denial. I believe even most of the Justices on the deregulation side of the campaign finance issue will see a difference in student elections related to the educational mission of the school.