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Today, in Independence Institute v. Williams, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit dismissed a challenge to the “electioneering communications” disclosure provisions enshrined in Colorado’s state constitution, affirming a federal district court decision upholding the law. The Campaign...
Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 file complaints against shell companies hiding donors to Super PACS supporting Rubio and the liberal Coalition for Progress
WASHINGTON – The Campaign Legal Center, a leading campaign finance watchdog, along with Democracy 21, today filed two complaints...
In a letter sent today, reform groups urged Senators to cosponsor the Federal Election Administration Act being introduced today by Senator Tom Udall (D-NM). The Act provides a framework and the basis for developing a new legislative approach for properly enforcing and interpreting the campaign...
New complaint highlights more and more Super PAC donors are hiding behind LLCs as the FEC fails to enforce the law
WASHINGTON – The Campaign Legal Center, a leading campaign finance watchdog, along with Democracy 21, today filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), calling on...
Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 send IRS letter criticizing decision
WASHINGTON – Campaign Legal Center joined Democracy 21 in a letter sent today to the Internal Revenue Service Commissioner, criticizing the IRS’ decision, made without explanation, to grant recognition to Crossroads GPS as...
Arguments Are Latest in Public Citizen v. FEC Alleging Crossroads Should Register as a Political Action Committee
WASHINGTON – Crossroads GPS cannot rely on its own procedural maneuvering to argue that it is now too late to take action against it for failing to register as a political committee in...
Yet Another Donor Anonymously Funds Elections While Hiding Behind Shell Company
WASHINGTON – The Campaign Legal Center, a leading campaign finance watchdog, along with Democracy 21, today filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), calling on the agency to investigate...
Republican Party of Louisiana Seeks To End Necessary Federal Contribution Limits for Political Parties
WASHINGTON – The Campaign Legal Center, Democracy 21 and Public Citizen today filed a friend-of-the-court brief in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Republican Party of...
Allowing Public Officials to Engage in Public Business for Private Gain Undercuts Basic Principles of Our Democracy
WASHINGTON – The Campaign Legal Center today told the U.S. Supreme Court in a friend-of-the-court brief that it should reject former Va. Gov. Bob McDonnell’s claim that the First...
The Commission’s Actions, in Dismissing Five Straw Donor Complaints, Were “Arbitrary, Capricious and An Abuse of Discretion and Otherwise Contrary to the Law”
WASHINGTON – The Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 filed a lawsuit Friday night in the United States District Court for the District...
In a letter sent today, reform groups urged members of Congress to oppose all “poison pill” riders, including all campaign finance riders, to the fiscal year 2017 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations bill.
The groups included the Brennan Center for Justice, the...
Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center sent a letter today to FEC Commissioners challenging the agency’s failure to adopt regulations to implement the restricted national party accounts enacted in December 2014 and warning about the consequences of this failure.
Congress snuck a rider into a...
High Court Decision Underscores Importance of Strong Gift and Campaign Finance Laws
WASHINGTON –The U.S. Supreme Court today unanimously vacated and remanded the conviction of former Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell, holding that actions like setting up an event or talking to another official...
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Cert Petition in Delaware Strong Families v. Denn
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court today denied a petition for certiorari to hear an appeal in Delaware Strong Families v. Denn, letting stand a 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision upholding the Delaware Elections...
FEC Urged to Stop Foreign Money from Infiltrating Our Presidential Election WASHINGTON - Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign committee is violating black-letter federal law by sending campaign fundraising emails to foreign nationals - including foreign politicians - in at least Iceland...
In a letter sent today to the Justice Department, Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center called for an investigation into whether Donald Trump’s campaign committee has engaged in knowing and willful violations of federal campaign finance laws.
According to the letter, “Based on numerous...
CLC Files Complaint After Chinese Citizens Helped Make $1.3 Million in Illegal Contributions to Super PAC
Following reports that Chinese citizens helped pump $1.3 million into the super PAC supporting former presidential candidate Jeb Bush, the Campaign Legal Center today filed a complaint with...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to grant certiorari and hear an appeal of the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that shut down the criminal investigation into possible illegal coordination between Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and special interest groups during Walker’s 2012 recall...
Even Despite Inadequate FEC Fundraising Rules, Schock Faces $10,000 Penalty
More than four years after the Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 filed a complaint, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) has finally fined former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) $10,000 for violating the prohibition on...
CLC Files FEC Complaint After The Telegraph Documents Trump Super PAC Soliciting Contributions from Fictitious Chinese Donor
The Campaign Legal Center today filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission based on an undercover investigation conducted by The Telegraph. The British...