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· 12/13/1982

Federal Election Commission v. National Right to Work Committee

Citations

  • 459 U.S. 197
  • 103 S. Ct. 552
  • 74 L. Ed. 2d 364
  • 1982 U.S. LEXIS 172
  • 51 U.S.L.W. 4037

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that Citizens 19 United applies to independent campaign expenditures and has no relevance 20 to contribution limits
  • holding that Citizens 19 United applies to independent campaign expenditures and has no relevance 20 to contribution limits
  • noting that the FECA's provisions relating to corporate political spending were designed \to prevent both actual and apparent corruption\
  • noting that the FECA’s provisions relating to corporate political spending were designed “to prevent both actual and apparent corruption”
  • observing that legislative determination as to the need for prophylactic measures where corruption is evil feared will not be second-guessed
  • stating that courts owe “considerable deference” to Congress's “careful legislative adjustment of the federal electoral laws, in a cautious advance, step by step”

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Judges: Rehnquist

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