The opinion is here. Once again, the appellate court has rejected the complaints of third parties. Of particular interest to me is the court’s discussion of the deference owed the FEC in deciding claims by third party candidates:
- At oral argument, counsel for Hagelin explained that what he meant was that because the FEC is dominated by the two major parties, courts cannot trust it to deal fairly with third-party complaints. Assuming Hagelin properly raised this issue