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Contribution Limits: Caps on First Amendment Activity
January 1, 2018  •  By IFS Staff  •    •  

Contribution limits are monetary restrictions on the amount an individual or group can donate to a political actor – usually a candidate, political party, or political action committee. The Supreme Court first allowed limits on contributions in Buckley v. Valeo. The Court’s ruling acknowledged that contribution limits were a restriction on First Amendment activity, but allowed them on the theory…

Maine Agrees to Postpone Enforcement of New Campaign Finance Limit
December 20, 2024   •  By IFS Staff   •  , ,

After negotiations with the Institute for Free Speech, Maine will not enforce a 2024 ballot initiative to limit campaign contributions during ongoing litigation

Dinner Table Action, et al. v. Schneider, et al.
December 13, 2024   •  By IFS Staff   •  , ,

A federal lawsuit seeks to stop a 2024 ballot initiative from placing blatantly unconstitutional limits on Mainers’ free speech rights.

Lawsuit Challenges Maine Limit on Political Speech
December 13, 2024   •  By IFS Staff   •  , ,

A recently passed measure would restrict Mainers' fundamental First Amendment political speech rights, contradicting unanimous federal court precedent

Analysis of Sixth Circuit’s NRSC v. FEC Decision
September 9, 2024   •  By Brett Nolan   •  , , ,

The case known as National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission (NRSC v. FEC) is about the federal limit on “coordinated party expenditures.”

Comments to the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices
June 20, 2024   •  By IFS Staff   •  , , ,

On June 18, 2024, the Institute for Free Speech provided comments to the Executive Director of  the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election ...

Free Speech Arguments – Episode 11: NRSC v. FEC
June 12, 2024   •  By IFS Staff   •  , , ,

National Republican Senatorial Committee, et al. v. Federal Election Commission, et al., argued en banc in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth ...

Oklahoma Governor’s Task Force on Campaign Finance and Election Threats Recommends Campaign Finance Reforms
May 6, 2024   •  By IFS Staff   •  , , , , ,

Earlier this year, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt’s Task Force on Campaign Finance and Election Threats invited Institute for Free Speech President David Keating and ...

Institute for Free Speech Urges Sixth Circuit to Protect Free Political Speech in the Form of Coordinated Political Party Expenditures

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March 12, 2024   •  By IFS Staff   •  ,

The brief argues that limits on such expenditures violate the First Amendment because the rule is not narrowly tailored to prevent quid pro quo ...

State Contribution Limits Report
March 11, 2024   •  By Alec Greven   •  , ,

This comprehensive report examines the limits that all 50 states place on individual contributions to campaigns for major elected offices.

Statement of Bradley A. Smith and David Keating before the 2023 Kansas Special Committee on Governmental Ethics Reform, Campaign Finance Law
October 5, 2023   •  By Brad Smith and David Keating   •  , , , ,

Statement of Bradley A. Smith, Chairman, Institute for Free Speech; Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault Professor of Law, Capital University Law School and ...

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