HUMAN LIFE OF WASHINGTON INC. v. BRUMSICKLE

No. 09-35128.

624 F.3d 990 (2010)

HUMAN LIFE OF WASHINGTON INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Chair Bill BRUMSICKLE; Vice Chair Ken Schellberg; Secretary Dave Seabrook; Jane Noland; Jim Clements, in their Official Capacities as Officers and Members of the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission; Rob McKenna, in His Official Capacity as Washington Attorney General, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 12, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. White, Jr . of Livengood, Fitzgerald & Alskog, PLLC (Kirkland, WA) for the appellant.

James Bopp, Jr . (argued), Richard E. Coleson , Jeffrey P. Gallant , and Clayton J. Callen of Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom (Terre Haute, IN) for the appellant.

Robert M. McKenna , Linda A. Dalton , Gordon P. Karg , and Nancy J. Krier (argued) of the State of Washington (Olympia, WA) for the appellee.

J. Gerald Hebert , Paul S. Ryan , and Tara Malloy of the Campaign Legal Center (Washington, DC) as amicus curiae.

Before: KIM McLANE WARDLAW and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges, and JAMES WARE, District Judge.


OPINION

WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:

"[T]he people in our democracy are entrusted with the responsibility for judging and evaluating the relative merits of conflicting arguments. They may consider, in making their judgment, the source and credibility of the advocate." First National Bank v. Bellotti, 435 U.S. 765, 791-92, 98 S.Ct. 1407, 55 L.Ed.2d 707 (1978) (footnotes omitted)

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