i personally view this as, you know, law making from the court, the citizens united case. so i m trying to figure out where you are on this. do you think contribution limits have constitutional problems, and what can congress actually do to rein in the flood of money? as a d.c. circuit judge, i ve upheld contribution limits in two important cases. one ruling against the rnc in rnc versus fec where it was challenging limits on contributions to political parties. i rejected that challenge. in another, bloomen versus fec, contributions by foreign citizens to u.s. election campaigns. i upheld that law. let s just talk about that case. your opinion left open the possibility of unlimited spending by foreign nationals in the united states on issue advocacy. the same kind of activity that we saw by the russians in 2016. in fact, a russian company facing charges brought by special counsel mueller actually
list versus fec, you wrote the requirements trigger rights that receive, quote, less first amendment protection, close quote. other types of speech prohibitions. and i think that followed from supreme court law and is consistent, i believe, with subsequent supreme court law. of course, the subsequent supreme court law controls. do you have a favorite among the federalist papers? i m not asking you to choose here between eliza and yeah, no, that s right. i like a lot of federalist papers. federalist 78, of course, the independent judiciary, the role of the judiciary. federali
list versus fec you wrote that disclosure requirements trigger rights that receive less first amendment protection, close quote, than speech prohibitions, other types of speech prohibitions. and i think that followed from supreme court law and is consistent, i believe, with subsequent supreme court law. of course the subsequent supreme court law controls. do you have a favorite among the federalist papers? i m not asking you to choose from eliza and no, that s right. yes. so i like a lot of federalist papers. federal 78, of course, the independent judiciary, the role of the judiciary.
struck down. i personally view this as law making from the court, the citizens united case. so i m trying to figure out where you are on this. do you think contribution limits have constitutional problems, and what can congress actually do to rein in the flood of money? as a d.c. circuit judge, i ve upheld contribution limits in two important cases, one rolling against the rnc in rnc versus fec where it was challenging limits on contributions to political parties, and i rejected that challenge. another, bloomen versus fec, contributions by foreign citizens to u.s. election campaigns and i upheld that. let s just talk about that case because your opinion left open the possibility of unlimited spending by foreign nationals in the united states on issue advocacy. the same kind of activity that we saw by the russians in 2016. in fact a russian company facing