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On September 18, 2019, CLC submitted this statement to the Public Campaign Financing Commission in the State of New York. The statement urges the Commission to design the state’s new public financing program with the goal of creating a viable long-term program. This goal would be supported by strong administrative tools for providing outreach and education for New Yorkers, effective bookkeeping and auditing requirements, and regular updates to the program. CLC’s statement highlights how an effective new public financing program can increase voter engagement with candidates.
"Constitutional Challenges Facing Our Democracy: The Roberts Court’s Wrong Turns on Campaign Finance, Gerrymandering, and Voting Rights," a speech given by Trevor Potter at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana.
CLC filed a Memo in Opposition on behalf of the City of Santa Fe in response to Rio Grande Foundation's Motion for Summary Judgment. The filing requests that the Court deny the Motion for Summary Judgment and enter judgment for the City.
CLC and the City of Santa Fe filed a Motion for Summary Judgment in this case. The motion requested that summary judgment be granted in the City's favor.
The City of Santa Fe filed a reply motion that urged the Court to deny CLC's motion for summary judgment. The City of Santa Fe also requested that the Court enter judgment for the City.
Rio Grande Foundation filed a Motion for Summary Judgment, in this case, asking the Court to grant their Motion for Summary Judgment and declare that Santa Fe's rule violates the First Amendment.
Rio Grande Foundation filed a reply to CLC's Motion for Summary Judgment in this case. In their, reply Rio Grande Foundation requests that the Court: deny CLC's Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment, grant their Motion for Summary Judgment, and declare that Santa Fe's rule violates the First Amendment.
The Rio Grande Foundation filed a Reply Motion to support the earlier Motion for Summary Judgment in the case. The reply motion requests that the Court: grant the plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment, deny the CLC's Motion for Summary Judgment, and declare the Santa Fe City rule is a violation of the First Amendment.
CLC filed a letter today urging the Court to deny the Rio Grande Foundation's (RGF) Motion for Summary Judgment. Santa Fe's laws require that charities and nonprofits who spend more than $250 to support or oppose City ballot propositions disclose their donors to the government. RGF has challenged these laws, claiming that the City's interest in these laws is "minimal" or "nonexistent", and that they present a burden and potentially expose donors to intimidation and harassment. Voters have a right to be informed about the source and amount of money spent on ballot measure advocacy, and the importance of this right has been recognized by the Supreme Court.
CLC filed a friend of the court brief in support of the district court's judgment that the Now or Never PAC was legally required to disclose their donors on their campaign finance report. Voters deserve to know who is spending money in order to influence their elections.
On May 17, 2016, the Court issued an order granting the Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment and denying the Defendant's motion for summary judgment. They again declared that the three statutory subsections were unconstitutional.
The Court filed an order and amended opinion on September 1, 2015 overturning the district court judgment.
Intervenor-Defendants Eli Publishing, L.C., F8, LLC, and Steven J. Lund cross-filed in a motion for summary judgment.
The Federal Elections Commission filed a memorandum supporting their own motion for summary judgment and opposing Campaign Legal Center's motion for summary judgment.
Campaign Legal Center filed a reply memorandum in support of their own motion for summary judgment and in opposition to the defendant's cross-motions for summary judgment.
CLC filed a brief in CLC v. FEC requesting a summary judgment declaring that the FEC must act on CLC's straw donor complaint.
Plaintiffs' reply memorandum in support of their motion for summary judgment and memorandum in opposition to defendants' cross-motion for summary judgment.