▁that ▁day . ▁ ▁The ▁M VA , ▁C il ik ▁and ▁Susan ▁Jeff ers , ▁a ▁former ▁county ▁election ▁judge ▁aligned ▁with ▁M VA , ▁file d ▁a ▁law suit ▁against ▁the ▁state , ▁arg uing ▁that ▁the ▁app arel ▁ban ▁viol ates ▁free ▁speech ▁rights ▁under ▁the ▁First ▁Am end ment . ▁The ▁District ▁Court ▁agreed ▁with ▁the ▁state ▁to ▁dismiss ▁the ▁case , ▁and ▁on ▁appeal , ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Court ▁of ▁App e als ▁for ▁the ▁E ighth ▁Circ uit ▁aff ir med ▁the ▁dismiss al ▁in ▁part , ▁cit ing ▁an ▁earlier ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁r uling ▁in ▁Bur son ▁v . ▁Fre eman ▁. ▁In ▁Bur son , ▁the ▁Court ▁u ph eld ▁the ▁constitution ality ▁of ▁a ▁Tennessee ▁pol ling ▁law ▁that ▁created ▁a ▁buffer ▁zone ▁around ▁pol ling ▁places ▁to ▁bar ▁speech ▁" related ▁to ▁a ▁political ▁campaign ". ▁The ▁E ighth ▁Circ uit ▁argued ▁that ▁Minnesota ' s ▁app arel ▁law ▁fell ▁in ▁line ▁with ▁Bur son , ▁despite ▁arguments ▁from ▁the ▁M VA ▁that ▁Bur son ▁" plain ly ▁does ▁not ▁end or se ▁a ▁categor ical ▁ban ▁on ▁all ▁types ▁of ▁' polit ical ' ▁speech ". ▁Part ▁of ▁the ▁case ▁was ▁rem and ed ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁District ▁Court ▁for ▁review , ▁but ▁ultimately ▁was ▁still ▁aff ir med ▁on ▁appeal ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁the ▁state ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁ ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁M VA ▁et ▁al . ▁pet ition ed ▁to ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁for ▁writ ▁of ▁cert