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Supreme Court· 6/16/2003

Federal Election Commission v. Beaumont

Citations

  • 539 U.S. 146
  • 123 S. Ct. 2200
  • 156 L. Ed. 2d 179
  • 2003 U.S. LEXIS 4595

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that restrictions on the activity of 6 contributing to a candidate’s campaign are “merely ‘marginal’ speech 7 restrictions subject to relatively complaisant review”
  • holding that restrictions on the activity of 12 contributing to a candidate’s campaign are “merely ‘marginal’ speech 13 restrictions subject to relatively complaisant review”
  • holding that restrictions on the activity of 12 contributing to a candidate’s campaign are “merely ‘marginal’ speech 13 restrictions subject to relatively complaisant review”
  • recognizing that federal law bars corporations from contributing directly and therefore holding the proscription of nonprofit advocacy corporations' contributions to candidates constitutional
  • recognizing that federal law bars corporations from contributing directly and therefore holding the proscription of nonprofit advocacy corporations’ contributions to candidates constitu- tional
  • holding that restrictions on the activity of 12 contributing to a candidate’s campaign are “merely ‘marginal’ speech 13 restrictions subject to relatively complaisant review”

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Judges: Souter, Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kennedy, Thomas, Scalia

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Cites

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