Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc.

Argued October 14, 1998
Decided January 12, 1999
Full case name Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc.
Citations

525 U.S. 182 (more)

525 U.S. 182; 119 S.Ct. 636
Prior history American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc. v Meyer 870 F. Supp 995 (1994); American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc. v Meyer 120 F.3d 1092 (1997)
Holding
That Colorado's requirement of name, badge, and financial disclosure on petition proponents and their circulators violate the First Amendment freedom of speech protection under the Constitution.
Court membership
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Case opinions
Majority Ginsburg, joined by Souter, Kennedy, Scalia, Stevens
Concurrence Thomas
Concur/dissent O'Connor, joined by Breyer
Dissent Rehnquist
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amends. I, Fourteenth Amendment

Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, 525 U.S. 182 (1999) was a case before the United States Supreme Court. The case deals with the authority of states to regulate the electoral process, and the point at which these regulations become violative of First Amendment freedoms.


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