Legal Opinion
Center for Individual Freedom v. Madigan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 10, 2012No. 11-3693PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
The Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC, 558 U.S. 310, 130 S.Ct. 876, 175 L.Ed.2d 753 (2010), is best known for striking down as an unconstitutional restriction of free speech the federal law that bans corporations and labor unions from running campaign-related advertisements in the lead-up to an election. That holding largely overshadowed anoth*470er part of the decision upholding the same law’s campaign finance disclosure provisions. Those provisions require any outside entity or individual spending significant sums in a federal election to file reports…
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