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Yesterday, the Campaign Legal Center filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in defense of the State of Mississippi’s campaign finance disclosure laws. The brief urges the Court of Appeals to overturn a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of...
Today in Lair v. Bullock, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court ruling that struck down Montana’s political campaign contribution limits. The Ninth Circuit panel remanded the case to the district court on the ground that the district court applied the incorrect...
Today, the Campaign Legal Center joined Democracy 21 in calling on the Justice Department to investigate whether former Governor Jeb Bush and his associated Super PAC, the Right to Rise Super PAC, are engaged in knowing and willful violations of the campaign finance laws.
The groups also requested...
Today the Campaign Legal Center filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of the independent expenditure disclosure laws of the City of Los Angeles. The Legal Center’s brief in Dickranian v. City of Los Angeles points out that the Ninth Circuit and...
The Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 joined with Representative Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) today to submit joint comments in an IRS rulemakingthat called on the IRS to adopt a new definition of “campaign-related political activity” to replace the existing vague “facts and circumstances” test. ...
Today, the Campaign Legal Center urged the Minnesota Campaign Finance & Public Disclosure Board to approve an advisory opinion making clear that if a candidate solicits funds for an outside group, expenditures made by the group supporting such candidate will be deemed “coordinated” with the...
Yesterday, the Campaign Legal Center filed comments with Connecticut’s State Elections Enforcement Commission strongly supporting the agency’s Proposed Declaratory Ruling 2013-02 upholding a variety of state campaign finance laws. The proposed ruling was issued in response to a petition by Perkins...
On Friday, the Campaign Legal Center urged the State of New Mexico to proactively address likely fallout related to Citizens United after a federal appeals court on December 18 upheld a lower court ruling in Republican Party of New Mexico v. King striking down the state contribution limits for...
Today, the Campaign Legal Center, joined by Democracy 21, asked the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate possible violations of campaign finance law by two companies that appear to have been created for the purpose of funneling $12 million to the Super...
Groups of various political persuasions joined together today calling upon House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to reauthorize and appoint new board members to the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), and for President Barack Obama finally to step up to...
Today, the Campaign Legal Center, joined by Democracy 21, filed an amici curiae brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, defending the disclosure provisions and contribution limits of the State of Vermont’s campaign finance law in Vermont Right to Life Committee (VRLC) v. Sorrell...
Today, the Campaign Legal Center urged Members to support The Empowering Citizens Act (ECA), introduced in the 112th Congress by Representatives David Price (D-NC) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) to overhaul the way federal campaigns are financed. In a letter to the House of Representatives, Legal...
The Campaign Legal Center today joined Democracy 21 in sending a letter to the IRS questioning why the agency’s lengthy list of priorities for the coming year does not include any reference to addressing the widespread abuse of privileged 501(c)(4) tax status by organizations that spent hundreds of...
Today, the Campaign Legal Center filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, defending several provisions of the State of Wisconsin’s campaign finance disclosure law. The Legal Center submitted the brief in Wisconsin Right to Life (WRTL) v. Deininger with the...
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit refused to enjoin Illinois’ state contribution limits and affirmed a recent district court decision denying suchan injunction in Illinois Liberty PAC (ILP) v. Madigan. The Legal Center, Chicago Appleseed and the Illinois Campaign for...
Yesterday, the Campaign Legal Center filed an amici curiae brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on behalf of the Legal Center, Chicago Appleseed and the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, defending Illinois’ state contribution limits over the objections of Illinois...
In a letter sent today to the Senate, reform groups urged Senators to support S.375, the “Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act,” which would require electronic filing of campaign finance disclosure reports by Senate candidates under federal campaign finance laws.
Candidates for the U.S. House...
In a letter sent today to the House Ways and Means Committee, the Campaign Legal Center joined Democracy 21 in urging the Committee to examine the failure of the IRS to properly enforce the tax laws against groups improperly claiming to be “social welfare” organizations under section 501(c)(4) of...