Will King appeal to U.S. Supreme Court?
It’s the point about advocating for candidates that the attorney general and secretary of state dispute. King has said the groups’ mailers crossed the line between issue advocacy and political campaigning as defined by the state’s Campaign Reporting Act. He alleges that they were designed to help progressive legislative candidates win elections. In addition to contending that the mailers were about the special session, not an election, the nonprofits have said all along that federal law trumps the state Campaign Reporting Act. The courts have agreed. When the 10th Circuit ruling points out that there is “no evidence in the record” to prove King’s allegation that the mailers crossed a line, it’s essentially saying that King has been unable to back up his claim. King has also done little to back up his allegation publicly except to say that if it “walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it’s probably a duck.” King also said – long before a lawsuit was filed – that he expected the
