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…

Delusions about “Dysfunction”: Understanding the Federal Election Commission

October 5, 2015   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  ,

Supporters of more regulation of political speech increasingly seek to discredit the Federal Election Commission (FEC) – the agency with exclusive civil enforcement of federal ...

A Dysfunctional FEC? Calling Inigo Montoya

June 17, 2015   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

We hear a lot these days about a “dysfunctional” Federal Election Commission, including from the Agency’s own Chair, Ann Ravel, who, after a promising ...

Comments to FEC regarding the Petition for Rulemaking on Federal Contractors (REG 2014-09) (Notice 2015-06)

May 29, 2015   •  By Eric Wang   •  , ,

The Center for Competitive Politics (“CCP”) submits these comments in response to the Petition for Rulemaking (the “Petition”) filed by Public Citizen on November ...

Do Commissioners Weintraub and Ravel Want the FEC to Fail?

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May 20, 2015   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

Ann Ravel, the Democratic Chair of the Federal Election Commission, made headlines early this month when she told The New York Times that her ...

Oral Comments of Bradley A. Smith: Federal Election Commission Hearing on Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in Light of McCutcheon, et al. v. FEC

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February 11, 2015   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

Thank you Chair Ravel, Vice-Chair Petersen, and Commissioners. I am pleased to appear here today as the Chairman of the Center for Competitive Politics, ...

Beyond Citizens United: The Future of Campaign Finance Jurisprudence

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January 27, 2015   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

Matea Gold, The Washington Post (Interviewer) Bobby R. Burchfield, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP Richard H. Pildes, Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law, ...

Citizens United v. FEC after Five Years: Should Liberals Support Citizens United? (Video)

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January 27, 2015   •  By Joe Trotter   •  , ,

Stuart Taylor, Jr., Author, freelance writer, and Brookings Institution Nonresident Senior Fellow (Interviewer) Ira Glasser, former Executive Director, ACLU Wendy Kaminer, Author, lawyer, social ...

Citizens United v. FEC after Five Years: The Story Behind the Lawsuit (Video)

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January 27, 2015   •  By Joe Trotter   •  , ,

David M. Drucker, Senior Congressional Correspondent, The Washington Examiner (Interviewer) Michael Boos, General Counsel, Citizens United

Citizens United v. FEC after Five Years: The Impact on Parties in the Age of Citizens United: Are Changes Needed? (Video)

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January 27, 2015   •  By Joe Trotter   •  , ,

Peter Overby, NPR News (Interviewer) Joel Gora, Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School Neil Reiff, Founding Partner, Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein & Birkenstock, P.C. ...

Brad Smith’s Comments on Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in Response to McCutcheon v. FEC

January 16, 2015   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

On October 9, 2014, the Commission issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in Response to McCutcheon v. FEC, 134 S. Ct. 1434 (2014). ...

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