Legal Opinion
Arizona Right to Life Political Action Committee v. Betsy Bayless Janet Napolitano, in Her Official Capacity as the Arizona Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 25, 2003No. 01-17065PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge.
Negative political advertising is nothing new. Whether the mudslinging came in the form of name calling by Abraham Lincoln’s detractors, 1 taunts about Grover Cleveland’s draft-dodging and his illegitimate child — “Ma, Ma, where’s my pa?” 2 — or the more recent and memorable Willie Horton incident — linking Governor Michael Dukakis with a furloughed convict 3 —the rough and tumble of political campaigning has embraced a wide range of political speech. Arizona’s effort to curb such negative political advertising is the genesis of this lawsuit.
We consider here the…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Allen v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Babbitt v. United Farm Workers National UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by132 opinions
- Carrico v. City and County of San FranciscoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
- Wolfson v. BrammerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010
- Flint v. DennisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
- Santa Monica Food Not Bombs v. City of Santa MonicaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
- Valle Del Sol v. State of ArizonaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2013
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