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      "id": 102421,
      "date": "1999-01-21",
      "retrieved": "2016-05-24T20:47:35.886941",
      "title": "State Regulation of the Initiative Process: Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc., et al.",
      "summary": "While the authority to regulate political expression is sharply circumscribed by the Constitution,\nstates traditionally have been granted significant leeway in regulating the electoral process for the\nsake of efficiency and veracity. Due to an increase in state attempts to regulate petition initiatives,\nthese two divergent bodies of law have given rise to a great deal of confusion as to the point at which\nstate regulation of the electoral process becomes violative of First Amendment freedoms. The\nSupreme Court addressed this conflict recently in  Buckley v. American Constitutional Law\nFoundation, Inc., et al., clarifying the debate by analyzing various provisions of Colorado laws\nregulating initiative petitions.",
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    "Constitutional Questions"
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