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2021 term · Roberts Court · 6-3

Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate

142 S. Ct. 1638 · 2022 U.S. LEXIS 2403

The record

Term
2021
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
21-12
U.S. Reports
S. Ct. citation
142 S. Ct. 1638
LEXIS citation
2022 U.S. LEXIS 2403

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate.
JusticeVote
John G. RobertsMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Neil GorsuchMajority
Brett KavanaughMajority
Amy Coney BarrettMajority
Stephen BreyerDissent
Sonia SotomayorDissent
Elena KaganDissent

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