Legal Opinion
Independence Institute v. Gessler
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided October 22, 2014No. Civil Action No 14-cv-02426-RBJPublished
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
R. Brooke Jackson, United States District Judge
This case concerns a television advertisement that the Independence Institute wishes to broadcast before the upcoming gubernatorial election. The Institute stipulates that its ad is an “electioneering communication” under Colorado law and, as such, the Institute must comply with certain reporting and disclosure requirements. However, because the ad constitutes “genuine issue advocacy” as opposed to advocacy for or against any candidate, the Institute claims that application 'of these requirements would be unconstitutional. The Secretary of…
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- United States v. HarrissSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Citizens United v. Federal Election CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- McConnell v. Federal Election CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Peterson v. MartinezCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2013
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