Buckley v. Valeo decision

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation 424 U.S. 1
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date 1976-01-30
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_Harry_Blackmun
gptkb:Justice_Byron_White
gptkb:Justice_Thurgood_Marshall
Justice William J. Brennan
gptkbp:docketNumber 75-436
gptkbp:effect Led to increased independent political spending
Defined constitutional limits on campaign finance regulation
Established distinction between contributions and expenditures
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:James_L._Buckley,_et_al._v._Francis_R._Valeo,_et_al.
gptkbp:heldBy Limits on campaign contributions are constitutional
Public financing of campaigns is constitutional
Disclosure and reporting requirements are constitutional
Limits on campaign expenditures are unconstitutional
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Buckley v. Valeo decision
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy per curiam
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Citizens_United_v._FEC
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Federal_Election_Campaign_Act_of_1971
gptkbp:requires 1975-11-11
1975-11-10
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Federal_Election_Campaign_Act
gptkb:First_Amendment
campaign finance
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Federal_Election_Campaign_Act_Amendments_of_1976
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5