· 12/18/2013
Republican Party of New Mexico v. King
Citations
- 741 F.3d 1089
- 2013 WL 6645428
- 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 25084
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- affirming grant of preliminary injunction and holding that political committees not formally affiliated with a party or candidate “may receive unlimited contributions for independent expenditures”
- “If an entity can fund unlimited political speech on its own without raising the threat of corruption, no threat arises from contributions that create the fund.”
- “Expenditures are core political speech directly advancing public debate, subject to strict scrutiny.”
- “the financing and spending necessary to enable political speech receives substantial constitutional protection”
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Judges: Tymkovich, McKay, O'Brien
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