Monday, September 28, 2009

SCOTUS Blog Petition To Watch List: Florida Association of Professional Lobbyists, Inc. et al. v. Division of Legislative Information Services



The SCOTUS Blog has added Florida Association of Professional Lobbyists, Inc. et al. v. Division of Legislative Information Services of the Florida Office of Legislative Services et al. to its "Petition to Watch List."  The case was previously discussed on this blog here.  The issue before the Supreme Court, from the SCOTUS Blog, is below.

Issue: Whether a state law that requires disclosure of the identities of those paying for grassroots lobbying – “opinion articles, issue advertisements, and letter writing campaigns” – facially violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments due to vagueness and overbreadth.Whether a state law that prohibits all gifts for the purpose of lobbying facially violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments due to vagueness and overbreadth.

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