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Type
Opinion
Author
Deborah L. Cook
Filed
May 30, 2019
Case
John Schickel v. Craig Dilger
Case status
Decided

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COOK, Circuit Judge. One sitting state senator and one prospective candidate for elected office in Kentucky challenged several state campaign finance and ethics laws, claiming violations of their First Amendment rights to free speech and association and Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection. Kentucky argues that these measures, enacted to prevent corruption and protect its cit…

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