2009 Supreme Court Term Preview
Summary
In September 2009, CAC released the first installment of its new Issue Briefs Series. The issue brief, titled CAC Supreme Court Preview: Three Big Cases, One Monumental Test for the Roberts Court, provided a preview of the Supreme Court’s upcoming docket, highlighting three important cases facing the Roberts Court: Citizens United v. FEC, Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and McDonald v. City of Chicago.
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