Judge Costa (CA5): "It is often said that courts 'strike down' laws when ruling them unconstitutional. That's not quite right. Courts hold laws unenforceable; they do not erase them."
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Oct 23, 2020, 11:56 pm345 ptsIn Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation (1999), the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional a Colorado law that only permitted registered voters to circulate petitions. The City of Houston (my hometown) had a similar law. Did Buckley "strike down" the Houston law? Of course not. It has…
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