Amer Fed Labor v. FEC

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that compelled public disclosure of strategic information can violate the First Amend- ment when the disclosure causes “extensive interference” with political organizations’ “effective- ness”
• observing that the Court in Buckley concluded that the disclosure requirements “survived strict scrutiny as the least intrusive means of achieving several compelling governmental interests”
• observing that the Court in Buckley concluded that the disclosure requirements “survived strict scrutiny as the least intrusive means of achieving several compelling governmental interests”
• striking down the agency’s construction under Chevron Step Two because the agency’s approach raised “serious constitutional difficulties”
• noting that we “must give effect to Congress’s unambiguously expressed intent”
• invalidating rule where FEC “fail[ed] to undertake ... tailoring” consistent with First Amendment interests

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