Elster v. City of Seattle, Washington
Petition for certiorari denied on March 30, 2020
Issue: (1) Whether a levy that forces property owners to fund other individuals" campaign donations implicates the First Amendment"s compelled-subsidy doctrine; and (2) whether a compelled subsidy of speech should be examined under rational-basis review, as the decision below concluded, or whether a higher standard of review is appropriate.
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