Legal Opinion
North Carolina Right to Life Committee Fund for Independent Political Expenditures v. Leake
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 1, 2008No. 07-1454PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge MICHAEL wrote the opinion, in which Judge TRAXLER and Judge JONES joined.
OPINION
MICHAEL, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs, a former candidate for the North Carolina Supreme Court and two *432political action committees, challenge the constitutionality of three provisions of North Carolina’s Judicial Campaign Reform Act, N.C. Sess. Laws 2002-158, codified at N.C. Gen.Stat. § 163-278.61 et seq. (the Act). The Act, which became law in 2002, creates a system of voluntary public financing for judicial candidates at the appellate level. The district court denied the…
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