BUCKLEY v. VALEO
1
Per Curiam
the apportionment and voting rights cases and stay,
for a period not to exceed 30 days, the Court's judgment insofar as it affects the authority of the Commission to exercise the duties and powers granted it under
the Act. This limited stay will afford Congress an opportunity to reconstitute the Commission by law or to
adopt other valid enforcement mechanisms without interrupting enforcement of the provisions the Court sustains,
allowing the present Commission in the interim to function de facto in accordance with the substantive provisions of the Act. Cf. Georgia v. United States, 411
U. S. 526, 541 (1973); Fortson v. Morris, 385 U. S.
231, 235 (1966); Maryland Comm. v. Tawes, 377 U. S.
656, 675-676 (1964).
CONCLUSION
sustain the individual contribution
limits, the disclosure and reporting provisions, and the
public financing scheme. We conclude, however, that the
limitations on campaign expenditures, on independent expenditures by individuals and groups, and on expenditures by a candidate from his personal funds are
constitutionally infirm. Finally, we hold that most of
the powers conferred by the Act upon the Federal Election Commission can be exercised only by "Officers of
the United States," appointed in conformity with Art. II,
§ 2, cl. 2, of the Constitution, and therefore cannot be
exercised by the Commission as presently constituted.
In No. 75-436, the judgment of the Court of Appeals
In summary," 8 we
1s7 We have not set forth specific answers to some of the certified
questions. Question 9, dealing with alleged vagueness in several provisions, 171 U. S. App. D. C., at 252, 519 F. 2d, at 901 (Appendix
A), is resolved in the opinion to the extent urged by the parties.
We need not respond to questions 3 (g), 3 (i), 4 (b), and 7 (f),
id., at 250-251, 519 F. 2d, at 899-900 (Appendix A), to resolve the
issues presented.
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