United States First Circuit
National Organization for Marriage, Inc. v. McKee, 11-1196
In a suit challenging the constitutionality of a Maine law applicable to ballot question committees, the district court's grant of summary judgment to the state defendants is affirmed, where the statute satisfies constitutional standards, in that: 1) the appellants demonstrated no circumstances in which the statute fails to provide them fair warning of its reach, and hence their due process vagueness claim was rejected; 2) the provision's $100 reporting threshold is narrowly tailored to meet Maine's compelling interest in an informed electorate; and 3) the statute is not overbroad in violation of the First Amendment.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/31/2012
- Published 01/31/2012
Judges
- Lipez
Court
- United States First Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- James Bopp, Jr., Thomas A. Knowlton