Category: Const Law Issues

Free Speech and Constitutional Avoidance

Looking for a Supreme Court case that involves freedom of speech and will be decided on the basis of constitutional avoidance?  The Court granted cert yesterday to a case involving those issues, according to the Times. One of the plaintiffs in the case is Robert J. Milavetz, a 73-year-old lawyer from Minnesota. In the 1960s […]

This Week in Campaign Finance Law

The Supreme Court will announce its opinion in Citizens United soon.  (Although I earlier thought it would be this week, there’s a chance the opinion could come Monday, June 29th.)  A year ago (June 26, 2008), the Court held that the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act’s (BCRA) “Millionaire’s Amendment” was unconstitutional in Davis.   Two years ago […]