Kirk Adams, Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives

Summary

Justice Brutinel concurred in the result as to two candidates but dissented from the majority's interpretation of the constitutional phrase "any other public office" and its conclusion that Professor Bender was eligible to serve on the Independent Redistricting Commission. The dissent would give the phrase its broad, unqualified meaning and conclude that tribal judges hold public offices because they exercise governmental powers of sovereign tribal nations. The dissent also argues that the constitutional text and the purpose of broadly preventing political influence over the Commission require including tribal offices. No separate opinion is included in the record.