Center for Individual Freedom v. Carmouche

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

The Center for Individual Freedom (the “Center”) challenges, on First Amendment grounds, the dismissal of its complaint questioning the constitutionality of certain provisions of Louisiana’s Campaign Finance Disclosure Act (“CFDA”). Reading the statute narrowly to avoid constitutional problems, we affirm.

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The Center is a nonpartisan, nonprofit § 501(c)(4) corporation whose stated goal is “to protect and defend individual freedoms and individual rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.” Complaint ¶ 3. To further this goal, in advance of the September 18, 2004,…