Legal Opinion · Dissent
National Organization for Marriage, Inc. v. Walsh
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 22, 2013No. Docket 10-4572-cvPublished
1Dissent
JON 0. NEWMAN,
Circuit Judge, dissenting.
The National Organization for Marriage (“NOM”), an advocacy organization, seeks a ruling from a federal district court that New York’s definition of a “political committee,” see N.Y. Elec. Law § 14-100.1, violates the First Amendment. NOM seeks such a ruling to avoid compliance with various requirements imposed on a “political committee,” such as registration, see id. § 14-118, maintenance of records, see id. §§ 14-102, -108, -122, and filing reports of contributions and expenditures, see id. §§ 14-102, -104. Because no New York official has expressed…
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