Split 9th Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Challenges To Campaign Media Spending Law

( October 1, 2026, 2:56 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A divided Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Sept. 30 affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of challenges by Americans for Prosperity and Americans for Prosperity Foundation to Arizona’s Voters’ Right to Know Act, which implemented disclosure requirements for funds spent on campaign media, rejecting the argument that the law is facially unconstitutional and finding that the as-applied free-speech challenge is conclusory....