Legal Opinion
Green Party of Connecticut v. Garfield
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 13, 2010No. Docket 09-3760-cv(L), 09-3941-cv(CON)PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:
This is the first of two opinions in which we consider a constitutional challenge to certain provisions of Connecticut’s Campaign Finance Reform Act (CFRA).
The CFRA, enacted in 2005, represents a comprehensive effort by the Connecticut General Assembly to change the way that campaigns for state office in Connecticut are financed. We consider here a challenge to the Citizens Election Program (CEP), a part of the CFRA that provides public money to candidates running for state office. In our second opinion, which we file separately, we consider a constitutional…
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