Parties: JACK DAVIS, Appellant v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
Date: 2008-06-26
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Paragraph: 34 - In Buckley, we soundly rejected a cap on a candidate's expenditure of personal funds to finance campaign speech. We held that a N108* "candidate . . . has a First Amendment right to engage in the discussion of public issues and vigorously and tirelessly to advocate his own election" and that a cap on personal expenditures imposes "a substantial," "clea[r]," and "direc[t]" restraint on that right.
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Paragraph: 121 - Enhancing the speech of the millionaire's opponent, far from contravening the First Amendment, actually advances its core principles. If only one candidate can make himself heard, the voter's ability to make an informed choice is impaired.
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