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CLC Calls for Investigation of Trump Super PAC America First Action for Illegally Coordinating Spending Up to $6.6 Million with Three Federal Candidates

Date
October 25, 2019
Issues
Campaign Finance
President Trump’s super PAC has replicated the coordination scheme first pioneered by the NRA, coordinating communications with three federal candidates worth up to $6.6 million in expenditures.

Press Call (10/16): Yes, President Trump Broke the Law by Asking Foreign Governments for Favors

Date
October 9, 2019
Case
Holding Trump Accountable for Legal Violations Involving Ukraine
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics
President Trump is facing an impeachment inquiry based on election law violations. Hear nonpartisan analysis from CLC’s legal experts about the president’s abuse of power and campaign finance violations.

Holding Trump Accountable for Legal Violations Involving Ukraine

Updated
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics

On September 26, 2019, a whistleblower complaint was made public that alleges President Donald Trump used the power of his office to solicit interference from Ukraine in the 2020 U.S. election. Further reports have revealed other alleged illegal acts by employees or associates of the Executive...

CLC and Voters Not Politicians Respond to Efforts to Sabotage Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission

Date
September 20, 2019
Case
Daunt v. Benson
Issues
Redistricting
Briefs filed by CLC and Voters Not Politicians in Michigan seek a judgement that would allow the state to move forward with its independent redistricting commission.

Victory: Supreme Court Upholds Ruling on Constitutionality of Disclosure

Date
February 27, 2017
Case
Independence Institute v. FEC
Issues
Campaign Finance

WASHINGTON – Today, the Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to “electioneering communication” disclosure provisions, which the Court has twice upheld since they were enacted as part of the McCain-Feingold Act in 2002. Today’s summary ruling affirms the three-judge district court’s...

Campaign Legal Center Joins Michigan’s Fight to Protect Citizen-Led Redistricting Commission

Date
August 28, 2019
Case
Daunt v. Benson
Issues
Redistricting
We are proud to join Voters Not Politicians in the fight to protect Michigan’s democratically-enacted Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission, a reform that will take the political incentives out of the redistricting process.

Resignation Leaves Federal Election Watchdog Without Authority to Take Official Action

Date
August 26, 2019
Case
Disclosure Rules for Digital Political Spending
Issues
Campaign Finance
Without a functioning election watchdog, the vulnerabilities in U.S. elections that were exposed in 2016 by Russia will be exploited to greater effect by foreign and domestic actors in the 2020 election and beyond.

Movement to Establish Citizen-Led Redistricting Commissions in the States

Updated
Status
Active
Issues
Redistricting

The issue of gerrymandering has received unprecedented attention recently. Independent redistricting commissions (IRCs) are state-based solutions that change the system of drawing electoral maps to a more open process that is reflective of citizen voices. This helps make politicians more accountable...

De Blasio Campaign Created Shell Game to Deceive Voters: CLC Calls for Investigation

Date
August 7, 2019
Issues
Campaign Finance
Bill de Blasio, a 2020 candidate for President of the United States, spent more on his presidential run than he reported in federal campaign filings, allowing wealthy donors to illegally support his run for president.

CLC v. FEC (Clinton Campaign coordination)

Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance

CLC sued the FEC after it deadlocked and dismissed CLC’s complaint alleging illegal coordination between Clinton’s campaign and the super PAC Correct the Record (CTR). CLC is suing the FEC to force it to hold CTR and the Campaign accountable for violating the laws designed to limit money’s influence...

Court Must Require FEC to Enforce the Law or Risk Rampant Abuse by Super PACs in 2020

Date
August 5, 2019
Case
CLC v. FEC (Clinton Campaign coordination)
Issues
Campaign Finance
The Republican FEC commissioners let Clinton campaign off the hook for coordinating millions in spending with super PAC.

CLC v. FEC (Straw Donors)

Updated
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance

LLCs are growing vehicles for laundering dark money contributions into federal elections. Anonymous donors are giving contributions to super PACs through LLCs, and only the LLCs, not the actual donors, are being disclosed to the public by the super PACs. CLC and Democracy 21 filed a lawsuit in the...

CLC v. FEC (GEO Group Contractor Contribution)

Updated
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance

This case is a challenge to the FEC’s delay in enforcing federal campaign finance law against GEO Group, one of America’s largest private prison companies, which illegally made $225,000 in contributions to a super PAC supporting then-candidate Donald Trump in 2016.

FEC Must Investigate Unprecedented Violations of Campaign Finance Laws by Clinton, Trump

Date
October 6, 2016
Case
CLC v. FEC (Clinton Campaign coordination)
Issues
Campaign Finance

Campaign Legal Center Files FEC Complaints Against Both Major Party Presidential Candidates and Their Supporting Super PACs

WASHINGTON – The Campaign Legal Center today filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission alleging that three super PACs – one supporting Hillary Clinton (Correct...

CLC Report Reveals Former Congressmen-Turned-Foreign Agents Using Leftover Campaign Funds to Advance Interests of Foreign Governments

Date
July 26, 2019
Issues
Campaign Finance
CLC’s report underscores the importance of the FEC issuing clear rules for so-called “zombie campaigns,” such as requiring that old campaign accounts be shut down.

Citizens United v. FEC

Updated
Status
Closed
Issues
Campaign Finance

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court on January 21, 2010 struck down the 60-year-old federal prohibition on corporate independent expenditures in candidate elections in Citizens United v. FEC. By a vote of 8-1, however, the Supreme Court, upheld the electioneering communications disclosure...

Trump Executive Order on Census Would Create Moment of Truth for Rule of Law

Date
July 11, 2019
Case
Promoting a Fair Census for All, Regardless of Citizenship Status
Issues
Redistricting
By defying a U.S. Supreme Court decision, Trump ignores a long tradition of U.S. presidents obeying court decisions.

Supreme Court Affirms Finding that Trump Administration's 2020 Citizenship Question Cannot be Justified by False Rationale

Date
June 27, 2019
Case
Promoting a Fair Census for All, Regardless of Citizenship Status
Issues
Redistricting
Voting Rights
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a decision finding that Secretary Ross lied about his reasons for adding the citizenship question to the 2020 Census. The quality of the census has been protected from the hasty addition of a politically-motivated question. It is of the utmost importance that the census...

The U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Intervene, Leaves Gerrymandered Maps in Place

Date
June 27, 2019
Case
Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina
Issues
Redistricting
While we are disappointed that North Carolina voters will continue to vote in districts that were shown at trial to be severely biased, the fight is far from over. We must redouble our efforts outside the courtroom to keep advancing efforts that put the voices of voters first.