Davis v. Federal Election Commission
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Davis v. Federal Election Commission is a 2008 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down the “millionaire’s amendment” to federal campaign finance law as an unconstitutional burden on self-financed candidates’ First Amendment rights.
All labels observed (1)
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| Davis v. Federal Election Commission canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12471095 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Davis v. Federal Election Commission Context triple: [Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, challengedInCase, Davis v. Federal Election Commission]
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McConnell v. Federal Election Commission
McConnell v. Federal Election Commission is a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court case that largely upheld the constitutionality of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (McCain–Feingold Act), significantly shaping modern campaign finance law.
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Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission is a landmark 2010 U.S. Supreme Court case that dramatically expanded the political spending rights of corporations and unions by treating such expenditures as protected speech.
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Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee
Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee is a 2021 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly narrowed the scope of federal protections against voting discrimination, particularly under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
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D.
Buckley v. Valeo
Buckley v. Valeo is a landmark 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that reshaped campaign finance law by equating certain limits on political spending with restrictions on free speech under the First Amendment.
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E.
U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton
U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton is a 1995 U.S. Supreme Court case that held states cannot impose term limits on members of Congress beyond those specified in the U.S. Constitution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Davis v. Federal Election Commission Target entity description: Davis v. Federal Election Commission is a 2008 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down the “millionaire’s amendment” to federal campaign finance law as an unconstitutional burden on self-financed candidates’ First Amendment rights.
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A.
McConnell v. Federal Election Commission
McConnell v. Federal Election Commission is a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court case that largely upheld the constitutionality of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (McCain–Feingold Act), significantly shaping modern campaign finance law.
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B.
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission is a landmark 2010 U.S. Supreme Court case that dramatically expanded the political spending rights of corporations and unions by treating such expenditures as protected speech.
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C.
Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee
Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee is a 2021 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly narrowed the scope of federal protections against voting discrimination, particularly under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
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D.
Buckley v. Valeo
Buckley v. Valeo is a landmark 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that reshaped campaign finance law by equating certain limits on political spending with restrictions on free speech under the First Amendment.
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E.
U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton
U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton is a 1995 U.S. Supreme Court case that held states cannot impose term limits on members of Congress beyond those specified in the U.S. Constitution.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.