#ELB: Breaking: #SCOTUS Declines Soft Money Case; Thomas and Gorsuch Would Vote to Hear http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92665
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Some thoughts on this surprising development 1. This case was up on appeal not cert, meaning it made it very likely the Court would take it
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2. The fact that only two Justices (Gorsuch and Thomas) would have heard the case meant Alito, Kennedy and Roberts likely did not
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3. The likeliest explanation is that they've had enough campaign finance for a while and want to use their capital elsewhere, e.g., abortion
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Don't Supreme Court justices have unlimited capital?
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