Legal Opinion
Wisconsin Right to Life State v. Timothy Vocke
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 14, 2014No. 12-2915, 12-3046, 12-3158PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
This is a sweeping challenge to Wisconsin’s campaign-finance law in light of Citizens United v. FEC, 558 U.S. 310, 130 S.Ct. 876, 175 L.Ed.2d 753 (2010). Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc., and its State Political Action Committee — its “PAC” for state elections — sued to block the enforcement of many state statutes and rules against groups that spend money for political speech independently of candidates and parties. The complaint alleges that the challenged laws are vague and overbroad and unjustifiably burden the free-speech rights of independent political speakers in…
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