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Cite as: 558 U. S. 310 (2010) 

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Counsel 

pellee  on  the  original  argument.  With  them  on  the  briefs 
were  then-Acting  Solicitor  General  Kneedler,  William  M. 
Jay,  Thomasenia  P.  Duncan,  David  Kolker,  Kevin  Deeley, 
and Adav Noti. 

Seth  P.  Waxman  argued  the  cause  for  Senator  John  Mc­
Cain et al. as amici curiae urging afﬁrmance.  With him on 
the  briefs  were  Randolph  D.  Moss,  Roger  M.  Witten,  Scott 
L.  Nelson,  Alan  B.  Morrison,  Brian  Wolfman,  Trevor 
Potter,  J.  Gerald  Hebert,  Paul  S.  Ryan,  Tara  Malloy,  Fred 
Wertheimer, and Donald J. Simon.* 

*Briefs  of  amici  curiae  urging  reversal  were  ﬁled  for  the  Alliance  De­
fense Fund by Benjamin W. Bull, Erik W. Stanley, and Robert J. McCully; 
for  the  American  Civil  Rights  Union  by  Peter  Ferrara;  for  the  American 
Federation  of  Labor  and  Congress  of  Industrial  Organizations  by  Jona­
than  P.  Hiatt and  Laurence  E.  Gold;  for  the  Cato  Institute  by  Benjamin 
D.  Wood,  Glenn  M.  Willard,  William  J.  McGinley,  and  Ilya  Shapiro;  for 
the  Center  for  Competitive  Politics  by  Stephen  M.  Hoersting  and  Reid 
Alan Cox; for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America 
by  Jan  Witold  Baran,  Thomas  W.  Kirby,  Caleb  P.  Burns,  Robin  S.  Con­
rad,  Amar  D.  Sarwal,  Steven  J.  Law,  and  Judith  K.  Richmond;  for  the 
Committee for Truth in Politics, Inc., by James Bopp, Jr., and Richard E. 
Coleson;  for  the  Foundation  for  Free  Expression  by  Deborah  J.  Dewart 
and  James  L.  Hirsen;  for  the  National  Riﬂe  Association  by  Charles  J. 
Cooper, David H. Thompson, and David Lehn; for the Reporters Commit­
tee  for  Freedom  of  the  Press  by  Lucy  A.  Dalglish  and  Gregg  P.  Leslie; 
and for the Wyoming Liberty Group et al. by Benjamin Barr. 

Briefs  of  amici  curiae  urging  afﬁrmance  were  ﬁled  for  the  American 
Independent  Business  Alliance  by  Brenda  Wright,  Lisa  J.  Danetz,  and 
Daniel J. H. Greenwood; for the Campaign Legal Center et al. by Messrs. 
Potter  and  Hebert,  Ms.  Malloy,  and  Messrs.  Ryan,  Simon,  and  Werth­
eimer;  for  the  Center  for  Political  Accountability  et  al.  by  Karl  J.  Sand­
strom;  for  the  League  of  Women  Voters  of  the  United  States  et  al.  by 
Douglas  T.  Kendall,  Elizabeth  B.  Wydra,  David  H.  Gans,  and  Lloyd  J. 
Leonard; for the Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy et al. by 
Jeffrey  D.  Clements;  for  the  Sunlight  Foundation  et  al.  by  Gary  S.  Stein; 
and for Norman Ornstein et al. by H. Christopher Bartolomucci. 

Briefs of amici curiae were ﬁled for the State of Montana et al. by Steve 
Bullock, Attorney General of Montana, and Anthony Johnstone, Solicitor, 
by Terry Goddard, Attorney General of Arizona, Mary R. O’Grady, Solici­
tor  General,  and  Orville  B.  Fitch  II,  Acting  Attorney  General  of  New