Connecticut campaign finance constitutionality ruling [US DC]

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Connecticut campaign finance constitutionality ruling [US DC]

August 29, 2009 03:43:00 am

Green Party of Connecticut, et al. v. Garfield, et al., US District Court for the District of Connecticut, August 29, 2009 [holding that a Connecticut campaign finance law discriminated against minor party candidates in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments].

Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on campaign finance.

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