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On March 4, 2019, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted comments to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) requesting that the FEC proceed with rulemaking that will ensure disclosure of information to the public. Further, the comment requests that the FEC consider whether any changes to the regulatory definition of "contribution" are necessary.
On March 1, 2019, CLC's Adav Noti, senior director of trial litigation and chief of staff, submitted responses to questions for the record in the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary's HR 1 hearing.
A new report from Campaign Legal Center (CLC) takes a more holistic view of the relationship between disclosure laws and the First Amendment. Rather than focusing on the negative implications of disclosure, this report explains how political transparency promotes First Amendment values by ensuring voters have the information necessary to make meaningful choices on Election Day.
CLC submitted a complaint to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) about 3M, a Minnesota company that appears to have violated a provision prohibiting federal contractors from making contributions to political committees while negotiating or performing federal contracts.
CLC submitted a complaint to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) about Skytron LLC, a Michigan company that appears to have violated a provision prohibiting federal contractors from making contributions to political committees while negotiating or performing federal contracts.
On February 20, 2019, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted a statement for the record to the House Oversight and Governmental Reform Committee on HR 1. The statement highlights HR 1's expansion of Office of Government Ethics OGE oversight duties, codification of the ethics pledge, and requirements related to the disclosure of certain dark money provisions.
On October 12, 2016, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a reply to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia requesting that the court grant a request for summary judgment.
On November 23, 2015, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint against the Federal Election Commission (FEC) because of the FEC's deadlock on an enforcement question.
On August 10, 2017, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a reply to the Federal Election Commission's (FEC) brief in the FEC rule enforcement deadlock case.
On July 27, 2017, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) filed a brief U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the FEC rule enforcement deadlock case. The FEC brief responds to a brief by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW).
On June 27, 2017, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the Federal Election Commission (FEC) rule enforcement deadlock case.
On March 21, 2017, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a notice that they were appealing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the Federal Election Commission (FEC) rule enforcement deadlock case. The District Court had granted the FEC's motion for summary judgment and denied CREW's motion for summary judgment.
On February 22, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the Federal Election Commission's (FEC) motion for summary judgment in the FEC rule enforcement deadlock case.
CLC submitted a statement of support for HR 1, the For the People Act of 2019, to Chairperson Zoe Lofgren and Rep. Rodney Davis of the Committee on House Administration in the United States House of Representatives. HR 1 is a landmark bill designed to address the most pressing challenges to our democracy, which are the four issues CLC focuses on: the influence of money in politics, the erosion of ethical norms, threats to voting rights, and extreme partisan gerrymandering.
CLC filed an amicus brief with Demos in support of CREW, who brought the case.
On September 20, 2018, Montanans for Community Development filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld Montana's campaign finance laws and denied the claim that these laws were too vague and broad. Montanans for Community Development are requesting that the U.S. Supreme Court review this decision.
On January 17, 2019, Montanans for Community Development filed a response to the brief in opposition filed by Jeffrey Mangan, et. al in the Montana campaign finance disclosure case. The brief argues that the U.S. Supreme Court should grant Montanans for Community Development's earlier petition for Supreme Court review.
This statement is by Adav Noti, senior director of trial litigation and chief of staff at CLC. It was delivered before the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States House of Representatives on January 29, 2019.
CLC filed a friend-of-the-court brief for the Pennsylvania pay-to-play campaign contribution restriction case on January 22, 2019.
CLC filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Pennsylvania pay-to-play case on March 16, 2018.