valeo, the lesson of turner broadcasting, and indeed, the lesson of the entire history of first amendment in competition law. so in a second opinion by judge kavanaugh, in this case called emily's list, we see him applying these principles in order to side with a political action group that was on the left side of politics. for those of their who worry about judges in justice kagan's words, "weaponize in the first amendment in order to help their own causes," i think this is a good example of a republican-appointed judge applying the first amendment in a neutral, independent, fair-minded, mainstream way in the case that helped emily's list, a liberal group that supports abortion rights and female pro-choice candidates. what he said there was the fec's regulation of these groups was invalid, because they were constricting how much money they could spend to speak. he distinguished, as the supreme court has done, regulations on donations directly to candidates, which can be regulated under buckley, and he distinguished that from a nonprofit organization, like emily's list, expenditures on ad