Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc.
| Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc. | |
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| Argued October 14, 1998 Decided January 12, 1999 | |
| Full case name | Buckley, Secretary of State of Colorado v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc., et al. |
| Citations | 525 U.S. 182 (more) 119 S. Ct. 636; 142 L. Ed. 2d 599; 1999 U.S. LEXIS 506 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Case history | |
| Prior | American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc. v. Meyer, 870 F. Supp. 995 (D. Colo. 1994); 120 F.3d 1092 (10th Cir. 1997); cert. granted, 522 U.S. 1107 (1998). |
| Holding | |
| Colorado's requirements of petition proponents and circulators violate the First Amendment freedom of speech protection and right to petition under the Constitution. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Ginsburg, joined by Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter |
| Concurrence | Thomas |
| Concur/dissent | O'Connor, joined by Breyer |
| Dissent | Rehnquist |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amends. I, XIV | |
Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc., 525 U.S. 182 (1999), was a United States Supreme Court case that dealt with the authority of states to regulate the electoral process, and the point at which state regulations of the electoral process violate the First Amendment freedoms.