Overview

• Justices ruled 5–2 that legislative leaders have standing to contest whether Prop 211 improperly delegates lawmaking authority to the Citizens Clean Elections Commission.
• The court reversed a trial judge’s finding that the lawmakers lacked standing and remanded the case for further proceedings on the constitutional claims.
• The decision did not address whether any part of Prop 211 is unconstitutional, and the disclosure requirements remain operative during the litigation.
• Justice Clint Bolick authored the majority; Chief Justice Ann Scott Timmer and retired Justice Rebecca White Berch dissented, disputing that the Legislature showed a tangible injury.
• A separate challenge by the Center for Arizona Policy and the Arizona Free Enterprise Club, joined by two anonymous donors, is pending after lower courts rejected free speech and privacy claims.