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8 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 38 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Republican Party of Minnesota v. White.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Republican Party of Minnesota v. White Anchor | green | “we neither assert nor imply that the first amendment requires campaigns for judicial office to sound the same as those for legislative office.” | 7 |
| 2 | Republican Party of Minnesota v. White | green | “a law cannot be regarded as protecting an interest of the highest order, and thus as justifying a restriction upon truthful speech, when it leaves appreciable damage to that supposedly vital interest unprohibited.” | 7 |
| 3 | George M. Weaver v. Jerry B. Blackstock | green | “successful candidates will feel beholden to the people who helped them get elected regardless of who did the soliciting of support.” | 6 |
| 4 | Burson v. Freeman | green | “the first amendment does not require states to regulate for problems that do not exist.” | 6 |
| 5 | McConnell v. Federal Election Commission | red | “reform may take one step at a time, addressing itself to the phase of the problem which seems most acute to the legislative mind.” | 6 |
| 6 | Erznoznik v. City of Jacksonville | green | “even a traffic regulation cannot discriminate on the basis of content unless there are clear reasons for the distinctions.” | 3 |
| 7 | Matter of Watson | green | “openmindedness is central to the judicial function for it ensures that each litigant appearing in court has a genuine-as opposed to illusory-opportunity to be heard.” | 2 |
| 8 | Matter of Watson | green | “it ensures that each litigant appearing in court has a genuine-as opposed to illusory-opportunity to be heard.” | 1 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.