Legal Opinion
Schatz v. Republican State Leadership Committee
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 10, 2012No. 11-1437PublishedCited by 717 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
PROLOGUE
Campaigning for public office sometimes has the feel of a contact sport, with candidates, political ■ organizations, and others trading rhetorical jabs and sound-bite attacks in hopes of landing a knockout blow at the polls. It is not for the thin-skinned or the faint-hearted, to use two apropos clichés. See Monitor Patriot Co. v. Roy, 401 U.S. 265, 275-76, 91 S.Ct. 621, 28 L.Ed.2d 35 (1971). And because political speech is the life-breath of democracy, see Eu v. S.F. Cnty. Democratic Cent. Comm., 489 U.S. 214, 223, 109 S.Ct. 1013, 103 L.Ed.2d 271 (1989), the…
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