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Public Interest Groups Urge FCC to Continue Improving Political Ad Transparency

Date
August 25, 2013

Today, the Public Interest Public Airwaves Coalition (PIPAC), whose members include the Benton Foundation, the Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause, Free Press, the New America Foundation and the United Church of Christ Office of Communication Inc., along with the Sunlight Foundation, filed comments...

Supreme Court Turns Down Challenge to FEC’s PAC Disclosure Requirements

Date
May 18, 2014

Today, the Supreme Court denied certiorari in Free Speech v. FEC, letting stand a decision by the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold FEC rules and policies relating to the determination of “political committee” status and, by extension, the registration and reporting requirements applicable...

Ninth Circuit Upholds California Disclosure Laws in Prop 8 Case

Date
May 19, 2014

Today, in ProtectMarriage.com v. Bowen, the Ninth Circuit rejected a constitutional challenge to disclosure requirements in California’s Political Reform Act that require state ballot measure committees to identify their campaign contributors above a $100 reporting threshold.  The groups that...

State of Delaware Appeals Decision Enjoining Application of State Disclosure Law

Date
June 3, 2014
Case
Delaware Strong Families v. Denn

On June 2, the State of Delaware filed its opening brief with the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, urging the reversal of a lower court decision that preliminarily enjoined Delaware’s disclosure law as applied to a nonprofit group, Delaware Strong Families (DSF). The case, Delaware Strong Families v...

CLC Litigation Director to Co-Lead Course Giving Georgetown Law Students Hands-On Work on Pending Election Law Cases

Date
September 12, 2013

This semester, Georgetown University law students will have the opportunity for hands-on legal work on pending election law and voting rights cases through a practicum course for credit.  The election law class will be co-taught by Paul M. Smith, the Chair of Jenner & Block’s Appellate and Supreme...

Watchdogs Call On FCC to Extend Online Political File Requirements to Cable and Satellite Systems

Date
July 30, 2014
The Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause and the Sunlight Foundation called on the Federal Communications Commission today to extend to cable and satellite systems the requirement that their political files be posted on the FCC’s online database.  The petitioners are represented by the Institute for...

Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar

Updated
Status
Closed
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics

Petitioner, a judicial candidate for a Florida County Court, filed suit challenging the Florida Code of Judicial Conduct rule prohibiting candidates for judicial office from personally soliciting campaign funds. The Florida Supreme Court found petitioner guilty of violating the solicitation...

Thalheimer v. City of San Diego

Updated
Status
Closed
Issues
Campaign Finance
In December 2009, plaintiffs filed a constitutional challenge to several provisions of San Diego’s campaign finance laws. In June 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld San Diego’s “non-individual entities” contribution prohibition as to corporations and other associations...

Human Life of Washington, Inc. v. Brumsickle

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Status
Closed
Issues
Campaign Finance
In April 2008, Human Life of Washington (HLW) challenged the constitutionality of several components of the State of Washington’s political committee disclosure regime, including the State’s definitions of “political committee,” “independent expenditure,” and “political advertising.” In October...

United States v. O'Donnell

Updated
Status
Closed
Issues
Campaign Finance
Pierce O’Donnell was indicted for contributing $26,000 of his money to the Edwards for President campaign through 13 individuals—primarily employees of his law firm—with the understanding that he would either advance them funds or reimburse them after the contribution was made. In June 2010, the U...

Ohio Right to Life Society v. Ohio Elections Commission

Updated
Status
Closed
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ohio Right to Life (ORTL) filed suit to challenge multiple provisions of Ohio’s campaign finance law, including its “electioneering communications” corporate funding prohibition and related disclosure requirements. In September 2008, the district court rejected ORTL’s request to enjoin Ohio’s...

Cao (RNC) v. FEC

Updated
Status
Closed
Issues
Campaign Finance
In November 2008, the RNC filed a challenge to the federal limits on coordinated spending between political parties and their candidates for federal office. In September 2010, the en banc Fifth Circuit rejected all of plaintiffs’ claims, and upheld the party coordinated spending limits...

EMILY's List v. FEC

Updated
Status
Closed
Issues
Campaign Finance
In January 2005, EMILY’s List challenged multiple FEC regulations regarding use of federal “hard money” to pay for activities directed at both state and federal elections. In 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down three challenged FEC regulations, holding that they...

Caperton v. Massey

Updated
Status
Closed
Issues
Campaign Finance
In 2006, litigant Caperton filed a motion requesting that Justice Brent Benjamin of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia recuse himself from the appeal of the $50 million jury verdict in a contract dispute between two litigant mining companies. The U.S. Supreme Court held “that there is a...

Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One ("NAMUDNO") v. Holder

Updated
Status
Closed
Issues
Voting Rights
A small utility district near Austin unsuccessfully challenged the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which required the Department of Justice or the United States District Court for D.C. to approve all voting changes in certain jurisdictions before those changes could go into...

San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce Political Action Committee v. City of San Jose

Updated
Status
Closed
Issues
Campaign Finance
In July 2006, the local chamber of commerce (COMPAC) challenged San Jose’s limits on contributions to political committees making only independent expenditures in municipal elections. The district court struck down the limits on September 20, 2006. On October 14, 2008, the Ninth Circuit vacated...

Davis v. FEC

Updated
Status
Closed
Issues
Campaign Finance
In June 2006, self-funded candidate Jack Davis filed suit in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia challenging the “Millionaire’s Amendment” of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (a.k.a. McCain-Feingold Law). The U.S. Supreme Court held that the Millionaire’s Amendment...

Shays and Meehan v. FEC III (Coordination)

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Status
Closed
Issues
Campaign Finance
In July 2006, Representatives Shays and Meehan challenged regulations promulgated by the FEC in response to an earlier case litigated by the Congressmen (Shays I). In June 2008, the Court of Appeals issued a unanimous decision invalidating almost all sections challenged by plaintiffs in the FEC’s...

Voters Education Committee v. Washington Public Disclosure Commission

Updated
Status
Closed
Issues
Campaign Finance
In September 2004, the WA State Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) filed an enforcement action against the 527 group Voter Education Committee (VEC) for the organization’s failure to register as a state political committee and comply with state disclosure requirements. VEC filed a counter-suit...

Citizens for Responsible Government Advocates (CRG) v. Barland

Updated
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance
On October 2, 2014, Citizens for Responsible Government Advocates (CRG) filed suit to challenge Wisconsin state laws and regulations governing spending by outside groups coordinated with candidates. On November 6, 2014, the district court entered the parties’ stipulated preliminary injunction...