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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.
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.
The Plaintiffs' fourth amended original petition. Plaintiffs seek all appropriate relief to require public disclosure and to obtain judgment against the wrongdoers for twice the unlawful contributions and expenditures. Plaintiffs believe the Courts should uphold these disclosure laws as they have done before. Alternatively, Plaintiffs request the Courts to determine the issues once and for all so that an unequal political playing field concerning financial disclosure does bot persist.
Amicus brief by the Campaign Legal Center in support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment and in defense of Texas’ campaign finance laws. Amicus urges the Court to reject KSP’s baseless challenge to Texas’s campaign finance laws and to grant summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs Texas Democratic Party et al. (“TDP”) with respect to KSP’s counterclaim.
On September 4, 2019, CLC submitted the attached letter to the Government Audit & Oversight Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. The letter urges the Committee to support a proposed ordinance that would increase both the rate of public-to-private matching funds in the city's public financing program and the total amount of public funding available to local candidates. CLC's letter highlights how New York City and other localities have successfully broadened citizens' participation in local elections through similar changes to their public financing programs.
CLC asked the Department of Justice to investigate whether former U.S. Representative Jeff Miller violated federal law’s revolving door ban at 18 U.S.C. § 207(f) by registering as a foreign agent of Qatar less than one year after leaving Congress.
CLC filed an FEC complaint alleging that WeBuildTheWall’s solicitation violated the federal prohibition on corporate facilitation of contributions to candidates. The WeBuildTheWall corporation solicited its email subscribers for contributions to the United States Senate campaign of Kris Kobach.
CLC submitted written comments to New Mexico's Secretary of State regarding a proposed rulemaking on campaign finance. Our comments include recommendations to help ensure the Secretary's final rule provides meaningful disclosure of independent expenditures and prevents the circumvention of contribution limits.
CLC filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that Bill de Blasio’s presidential campaign committee, de Blasio 2020, and two other political committees affiliated with de Blasio violated the law. The complaint cites evidence showing that, by routing money through a federal committee and a state committee, de Blasio 2020 allowed a small number of wealthy donors to support de Blasio’s candidacy above legal contribution limits.