Amicus Brief: Building Industry Association of Washington v. Utter in Support of Petitioner

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June 29, 2015   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  ,

Limiting the Burdens of PAC Status to Groups with the “Major Purpose” of Express Advocacy was the Result of a Considered Effort to Preserve ...

Amicus Brief: SBA List v. Driehaus in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellants and in Support of Affirmance

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April 6, 2015   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

It is well established that “the First Amendment ‘has its fullest and most urgent application’ to speech uttered during a campaign for political office.’” ...

O’Keefe v. Chisholm: Amicus Brief On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari

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February 20, 2015   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

The First Amendment protects the right to privately associate with others, and to jointly advocate concerning the issues of the day. Yet, in the ...

Amicus Brief: New York Republican State Committee and Tennessee Republican Party v. SEC in Support of Appellants

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December 29, 2014   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

FSI’s Member Firms Are Composed of Independent Contractors Who Operate Their Own Businesses, Which Differentiates Them From Other Market Participants. IBDs typically maintain dual ...

Amicus Brief: Vermont Right to Life v. Sorrell

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November 3, 2014   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

Without This Court’s Intervention, the Major Purpose Test Is Poised to Become a Dead Letter. This Court has long limited the imposition of federal ...

O’Keefe v. Chisholm

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September 30, 2014   •  By IFS staff   •  , , ,

In October of 2013 Wisconsin prosecutors, using the state’s John Doe statute that bars subpoena targets from disclosing the contents of the subpoena’s, launched ...

Amicus Brief: Public Citizen v. FEC In Support of the Defendant

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September 18, 2014   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

Amicus Curiae the Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) submits this brief to address the limited issue of the scope of review of a Federal ...

Public Citizen v. FEC

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September 17, 2014   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  ,

Amicus Brief: State of Texas v. Delay

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June 3, 2014   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

This appeal, after nearly a decade of litigation, pits the rights of free speech and association against unbounded prosecutorial zeal. Fundamentally, in the record ...

Amicus Brief: Minority Television Project, Inc. v. Federal Communication Commission and United States of America

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April 24, 2014   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

A law prohibiting a newspaper from printing an advertisement regarding local government candidates, a cable television operator from airing an advertisement regarding presidential candidates, ...

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