“McCutcheon v. FEC, Part II: The Chief Justice on Earmarking “
Brian Svoboda: “Yet even if Justice Breyer was wrong, are the anti-earmarking provisions as unforgiving as the Chief Justice argued? The FEC’s decisions suggest that they are not.”
Category Archives: federal election commission
“How Not to Enforce Campaign Laws”
FEC Commissioner Ann Ravel has written this NYT oped on McCutcheon.
FEC Commissioners Ravel and Weintraub Issue Statement on McCutcheon
Republican FEC Commissioner Suggests Law Limiting State and Local Candiate Spending on Federal Elections is No Longer Constitutional
As a reader suggests, this statement by Commissioner Goodman is a dog whistle to lawyers to file a constitutional challenge.
“Republican FEC Commissioners Go Public With Complaints About Mystery Redaction”
Shane Goldmacher:
The Republican commissioners of the Federal Election Commission have broken their silence about the mysterious 76-page document that was redacted against their wishes in the deadlocked decision over whether Crossroads GPS was a legitimate nonprofit.
In a … Continue reading
“FEC Lets Chevron Off the Hook for $2.5 Million Super PAC Contribution”
“FEC’s Democrat Commissioners ask IRS to ignore Commission’s own expertise”
“The FEC and the Making of Law ‘Case-by-Case'”
“Congressional investigations of FEC stalled”
“How A Mysterious Redacted Document Could Affect Money in Politics”
Fascinating Shane Goldmacher report for National Journal:
The Federal Election Commission was deadlocked, and no one was surprised. Democrats had wanted to crack down; Republicans didn’t. No matter that it could have been among the most important campaign finance decisions… Continue reading
Dem FEC Commissioners Reject Fine of Pro-Gingrich Super PAC Because It Was Too Low
Read all about it.
On January 30,2014, we voted to reject a conciliation agreement with Winning Our Future, a super PAC active during the 2012 presidential election.’ Winning Our Future failed tod isclose more than $1.6 million dollars in political… Continue reading
Republican FEC Commissioners: IRS Should Defer to the FEC
“FEC deadlocks 3-3 on case regarding whether small political ads on mobile devices must include disclaimers.”
FEC Commissioners Ravel, Weintraub Write WSJ Letter to the Editor Complaining of OpEd
Here.