Event
McConnell v. FEC
U.S. Supreme Court case of 10 December 2003 on the 2002 campaign finance reform law and “soft money”.
- Dates
- 10 Dec 2003
Connections 3
involved
- U.S. Supreme Court upheld most of the 2002 law Primary record 1
- John Paul Stevens delivered the Court’s opinion on the law’s main titles, with Justice O’Connor Primary record 1
- Federal Election Commission party Primary record 1
Timeline 1 date
- 10 Dec 2003 McConnell v. FEC
Proof 1 source
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McConnell v. Federal Election Commission, 540 U.S. 93 (2003), No. 02-1674, argued 8 September, decided 10 December 2003, Supreme Court of the United States (U.S. Reports, via Library of Congress), 10 Dec 2003.
Primary record
affirmed in part and reversed in part
That interest is not limited to the elimination of quid pro quo, cash-for-votes exchanges, see Buckley, supra, at 28, but extends also to "undue influence on an officeholder's judgment, and the appearance of such influence,"
unlike straight cash-for-votes transactions, such corruption is neither easily detected nor practical to criminalize.
JUSTICE STEVENS and JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the Court's opinion with respect to BCRA Titles I and II
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
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