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Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court

Definitions from Case Law

From 424 U.S. 1 - Buckley v. Valeo · 1976Most cited · 10,511 citing opinions

with respect to any presidential election, an individual who

How the Supreme Court has restated “candidate”

1976198019901991 most cited: 424 U.S. 1 - Buckley v. Valeo (1976)
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Each Supreme Court definition of “candidate,” sized by how often later courts cited it. “Change” is measured by wording overlap with earlier definitions — a rough signal, not a semantic judgment.

How often courts cite the cases defining “candidate”

19701980199020002010202020303.2k

Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “candidate” — 11,325 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.

All 4 definitions, chronological · 1976–1991

  1. 1976·424 U.S. 1 - Buckley v. Valeo[p620]· cited 10,511×

    with respect to any preceding presidential election, an individual who received popular votes for the office of President in such election.

  2. 1976·424 U.S. 1 - Buckley v. Valeo[p765]· cited 10,511×

    an individual who seeks nomination for election to be President of the United States.

  3. 1991·501 U.S. 380 - Chisom v. Roemer[p34]· cited 885×

    someone who is seeking an office.