Federal Election Commission v. Christian Action Network, Inc.

Fees and other expenses awarded and case remanded by published opinion. Judge LUTTIG wrote the opinion, in which Judge RUSSELL and Senior Judge CHAPMAN joined.

OPINION

LUTTIG, Circuit Judge:

The Supreme Court of the United States held in Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1, 96 S.Ct. 612, 46 L.Ed.2d 659 (1976), and reaffirmed in FEC v. Massachusetts Citizens For Life, Inc., 479 U.S. 238, 107 S.Ct. 616, 93 L.Ed.2d 539 (1986), that corporate expenditures for political communications violate 2 U.S.C. § 441b(a) only if the communications employ “explicit words,” “express words,” or “language” advocating the…