Arizona’s voter-approved dark money law defeats First Amendment challenge in appellate ruling

A federal appeals court ruled that Arizona’s law requiring the disclosure of anonymous campaign spending is constitutional. The court rejected a conservative group's argument that the law violated First Amendment rights.
A federal appeals court on Wednesday said Arizona’s law that forces disclosure of anonymous campaign spending is constitutional, rejecting the claims of a conservative group that argued that the law violated the First Amendment rights of people who want to secretly influence voters. The ruling by a three-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court […]
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