On December 12, the Seventh Circuit struck down a Wisconsin campaign finance law that makes it illegal for individuals to contribute more than $10,000 per calendar year to groups that make independent expenditures in election campaigns. Wisconsin Right to Life State PAC v Barland, 11-2623. Here is the 29-page opinion. The author is Judge Diane S. Sykes, a Bush Jr. appointee; the other two judges who signed the opinion are Richard Posner and Joel Flaum, both Reagan appointees.