McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission

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October 4, 2013   •  By IFS staff   •  , ,

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the biennial contribution limits case McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission on Tuesday, October 8th. The suit challenges the ...

Amicus Brief: McCutcheon v. FEC

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September 30, 2013   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

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Amicus Brief: CCC v. Gessler

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August 12, 2013   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

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Amicus Brief: Ring v. United States

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July 31, 2013   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

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Wagner v. FEC

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July 10, 2013   •  By IFS staff   •  , , ,

The Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) and the Cato Institute filed a joint friend-of-the-court brief urging that strict scrutiny must be applied to a law that ...

Amicus Brief: Wagner v. Federal Election Commission

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July 10, 2013   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

Since the landmark case of Buckley v. Valeo, the Supreme Court has recognized that monetary limits on individual contributions implicate fundamental constitutional protections of ...

Amicus Brief: Danielczyk v. United States Supreme Court Amicus

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December 11, 2012   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

The Federal Election Campaign Act’s prohibition on corporate contributions, 2 U.S.C. § 441b(a), P.L. 92-225, is unconstitutional unless it is, at a minimum, “closely ...

Amicus Brief: Kilroy v. Husted

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July 23, 2012   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

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Amicus Brief: Fourth Circuit Brief in United States v. Danielczyk

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June 28, 2012   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

The United States concedes that Section 441b(a) is unconstitutional unless it is “closely drawn” to further a “sufficiently important” government interest. U.S. Br. at ...

Amicus Brief: United States of America v. Kevin Ring

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April 3, 2012   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

In Skilling v. United States, 130 S. Ct. 2896 (2010), the Supreme Court held that to prove “honest services” fraud under 18 U.S.C. § ...

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