Legal Opinion
Right to Life of Dutchess County, Inc. v. Federal Election Commission
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 1, 1998No. 97 CIV. 2614(SHS)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STEIN, District Judge.
The issue for resolution is whether a Federal Election Commission (“FEC”) regulation, which defines the scope of the prohibition oh corporate “express advocacy” 'of the election or defeat of candidates for federal office, is consistent with the strictures imposed by the United States Supreme Court to avoid impinging on rights of expression protected by the First Amendment. This Court finds thát the regulation is impermissi-bly overbroad in light of the Supreme Court holdings in Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1, 96 S.Ct. 612, 46 L.Ed.2d 659 (1976), and FEC v.…
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3Cited by12 opinions
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