SCOTUS Blog Petitions to Watch
The most recent edition of SCOTUS Blog’s Petitions to Watch is available here. The list includes this entry:
Docket: 09-154
Title: Florida Association of Professional Lobbyists, Inc. et al. v. Division of Legislative Information Services of the Florida Office of Legislative Services et al.
Issue: Whether a state law that requires disclosure of the identities of those paying for grassroots lobbying – “opinion articles, issue advertisements, and letter writing campaigns” – facially violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments due to vagueness and overbreadth.Whether a state law that prohibits all gifts for the purpose of lobbying facially violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments due to vagueness and overbreadth.
Opinion below (11th Circuit)
Petition for certiorari
Brief in opposition
Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice
Brief amicus curiae of Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association, Inc.
Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Free Expression