Federal Election Commission v. Public Citizen, Inc

In this case, we consider a challenge to 2 U.S.C. § 441d(a)’s requirement that a communication expressly advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate disclose whether the communication was authorized by a candidate or candidate’s committee. The Second Circuit, which appears to be the only federal court of appeals to have addressed the constitutionality of § 441d(a), has upheld the candidate authorization disclosure as it applies to solicitations for contributions, but reserved the question of whether the candidate authorization disclosure could be required in…