00-9159(L)
00-9180(con), 00-9231(xap), 00-9239(xap) & 00-9240(xap)
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
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MARCELLA LANDELL,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
DONALD R. BRUNELLE, VERMONT RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE, INC.-
POLITICAL COMMITTEE, NEIL RANDALL, GEORGE KUUSELA, STEVE
HOWARD, JEFFREY A. NELSON, JOHN PATCH, VERMONT LIBERTARIAN
PARTY, VERMONT REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE AND VERMONT RIGHT
TO LIFE COMMITTEE-FUND FOR INDEPENDENT POLITICAL EXPENDITURES,
Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross Appellants,
v.
WILLIAM H. SORRELL, JOHN T. QUINN, WILLIAM WRIGHT, DALE O. GRAY,
LAUREN BOWERMAN, VINCENT ILLUZZI, JAMES HUGHES, GEORGE E. RICE,
JOEL W. PAGE, JAMES MCNIGHT, KEITH W. FLYNN, JAMES P. MONGEON,
TERRY TRONO, DAN DAVIS, ROBERT L. SAND AND DEBORAH MARKOWITZ,
Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees,
VERMONT PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP, LEAGUE OF WOMEN
VOTERS OF VERMONT, RURAL VERMONT, VERMONT OLDER WOMEN'S
LEAGUE, VERMONT ALLIANCE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS, MIKE
FIORILLO, MARION GREY, PHIL HOFF, FRANK HUARD, KAREN KITZMILLER,
MARION MILNE, DARYL PILLSBURY, ELIZABETH READY, NANCY RICE,
CHERYL RIVERS AND MARIA THOMPSON,
Intervenors-Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.
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ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF VERMONT
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REPLY/ RESPONSE BRIEF FOR THE
INTERVENORS-DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS-CROSS-APPELLEES
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BRENDA WRIGHT PETER F.WELCH
BONITA TENNERIELLO Welch, Graham & Mamby
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
MARCELLA LANDELL,
DONALD R. BRUNELLE, VERMONT RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE, INC.-POLITICAL COMMITTEE, NEIL RANDALL,
VERMONT PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP, LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF VERMONT, RURAL VERMONT,
ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
Plaintiffs' arguments portray a political world in which the only
precondition for any effective political campaign.
Focusing exclusively on whether the highest-spending candidates
will be competitively disadvantaged by spending limits,
As demonstrated in the Brief for the Intervenors-Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants,
Vermont's spending limits are too low to permit effective campaigns.
Plaintiffs also misapprehend the law and the factual record in this case in arguing that Act
To address this critical state interest in deterring corruption and its
Such limits have repeatedly been upheld against First Amendment
deference is due a trial court's factual findings in First Amendment cases,
constitutionality of Vermont's spending limits does not require that Buckley
Randall Brief at 53-54, do not establish that limits on
Republican Campaign Committee v. FEC,
Elected Officials to Govern is a New and Different
overcome powerful opponents such as Steve Howard,
The defendants' expert, Professor Gierzynski, analyzed three election years 1994, 1996, and
For example, Senator Cheryl Rivers, a lifelong resident of Vermont, has served in the Senate
electoral competition and destroy citizens' faith in the efficacy of their vote,
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