192260P.pdf   01/27/2020  Peggy Jones  v.  Larry Jegley
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  19-2260
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock   
   [PUBLISHED] [Stras, Author, with Kelly and Melloy, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Election law. Plaintiff desired to make donations to 
   candidates running for state office in 2022 and in this action she 
   challenged Ark. Code Sec. 7-6-203(b)(1) which provides that candidates can 
   only accept contributions withing two years of an election; the district 
   court found this "blackout period" on donations was likely 
   unconstitutional and issued a preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement 
   of the provision; plaintiff had standing to bring the suit as she 
   expressed an intention to engage in a course of conduct arguably affected 
   with a constitutional interest, but proscribed by a statute, and that she 
   faced a credible threat of prosecution if she made the donations; the 
   district court did not err in determining plaintiff was likely to succeed 
   on the merits of her claim as, at this stage of the litigation, Arkansas 
   has not produced evidence that the black-out period furthers its 
   anti-corruption interests.