NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS, Appellant
v.
Jeffrey Allen TAYLOR, et al., Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued September 12, 2008.
Decided September 8, 2009.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Thomas W. Kirby argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were Jan Witold Baran, Jan Amundson, and Quentin Riegel.
Brady C. Williamson was on the brief for amici curiae Iowa Association of Business and Industry, et al. in support of appellant.
Nicholas J. Bagley, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellee Jeffrey A. Taylor. With him on the brief were Gregory G. Katsas, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey A. Taylor, U.S. Attorney, Jonathan F. Cohn, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and Michael S. Raab, Attorney.
Thomas E. Caballero, Assistant Senate Legal Counsel, Office of Senate Legal Counsel, argued the cause for appellees Nancy Erickson, et al. With him on the brief were Morgan J. Frankel, Senate Legal Counsel, Patricia Mack Bryan, Deputy Senate Legal Counsel, Grant R. Vinik, Assistant Senate Legal Counsel, Irvin B. Nathan, General Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives, Kerry W. Kircher, Deputy General Counsel, and Christine M. Davenport and Richard A. Kaplan, Assistant Counsel.
Donald J. Simon, Fred Wertheimer, and J. Gerald Hebert were on the brief for amici curiae Campaign Legal Center, et al. in support of appellees.
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GARLAND.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
GARLAND, Circuit Judge.
More than fifty years ago, the Supreme Court held that the public disclosure of "who is being hired, who is putting up the money, and how much" they are spending to influence legislation is "a vital national interest." United States v. Harriss,347 U.S. 612, 625-26, 74 S.Ct. 808, 98 L.Ed. 989 (1954). Today, we consider a constitutional challenge to Congress' latest...
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