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FEC: An Agency Tasked with Regulating First Amendment Activity
January 1, 2018  •  By IFS Staff  •    •  

The Federal Election Commission is the independent agency charged with enforcing federal campaign finance law and enacting campaign finance regulations. The FEC was created after the Nixon Administration’s Justice Department pursued criminal campaign finance charges against the President’s critics. In light of that effort, Congress correctly rejected the idea of letting a future president effectively control a government agency tasked…

Small-Dollar Donor Sues FEC over Disclosure Requirements
February 19, 2025   •  By IFS Staff   •  , ,

Attorneys for the Institute for Free Speech file new suit to end disclosure of small donations made through online “conduits” like WinRed or ActBlue

McDonald v. Federal Election Commission
February 19, 2025   •  By IFS Staff   •  , ,

The suit challenges the constitutionality of federal campaign finance disclosure requirements for small-dollar donors who use online platforms to donate, arguing that such rules ...

Comments to the FEC on the Modification and Redaction of Contributor Information
February 13, 2025   •  By Brad Smith   •  , ,

On February 13, 2025, the Institute for Free Speech responded to a notice of proposed rulemaking and wrote comments to the Federal Election Commission supporting ...

Comments to the FEC on the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act
January 28, 2025   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

On January 28, 2025, the Institute for Free Speech wrote comments to the Federal Election Commission explaining that the mere transfer of funds (regardless ...

Ellen Weintraub to Serve as FEC Chair, Again
December 16, 2024   •  By Tiffany Donnelly   •  ,

Commissioner Weintraub’s term expired April 30, 2007: the year Madeleine McCann disappeared, Bob Barker hosted his final episode of The Price is Right, and ...

Comments to the FEC Supporting Political Party Rules
September 30, 2024   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

On September 30, 2024, the Institute for Free Speech wrote comments to the Federal Election Commission expressing support for the Commission commencing a rulemaking ...

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.”

Oliver, et al. v. Federal Election Commission
July 11, 2024   •  By IFS Staff   •  , , ,

Attorneys for the Institute for Free Speech filed suit to end disclosure of small donations made through online "conduits" like WinRed or ActBlue

Small-Dollar Donors Sue FEC over Disclosure Requirements
July 11, 2024   •  By IFS Staff   •  , , ,

Attorneys for the Institute for Free Speech filed suit to end disclosure of small donations made through online "conduits" like WinRed or ActBlue

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 ...

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