Constitutional Law,
U.S. Supreme Court
Sep. 18, 2013
Campaign finance again before the US Supreme Court
For what it's worth, my prediction is that the court will strike down the aggregate contribution limits being challenged. By Erwin Chemerinsky
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law
UC Berkeley School of Law
Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).
On Oct. 8, when it hears oral arguments in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, 893 F.Supp.2d 133 (D.D.C. 2012), cert. granted, 133 S.Ct. 1242 (2013), the U.S. Supreme Court again will turn its attention to the question of the constitutionality of a key provision of the McCain-Feingold Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act. Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 424 U.S. 1 (2010), is one of the most important decisions of the Roberts court and declared ...
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