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On the recordSeptember 14, 1999
The First Amendment provides that the Government may not prohibit the expression of an idea. The disclosure law here by contrast forbids the expression of no idea, but merely requires identification of the speaker when the idea is uttered in the electoral context.
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Pat Meehan
Pennsylvania

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Discussing First Amendment rights in relation to election disclosure laws.

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