Legal Opinion
Green Party of Connecticut v. Garfield
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 13, 2010No. 09-0599-cv(L), 09-0609-cv(CON)PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:
This is the second of two opinions in which we consider a constitutional challenge to certain provisions of Connecticut’s Campaign Finance Reform Act (CFRA).
As we describe in our first opinion, the CFRA was enacted in 2005 as a comprehensive effort to bring about campaign finance reform in Connecticut. In our first opinion, which we file separately, we consider a challenge to the Citizens Election Program (CEP), a part of the CFRA that provides public funds to candidates running for state office. See Green Party of Conn. v. Garfield, 616 F.3d 213, 2010 WL…
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