IFS Cases

The New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) issued a final advisory opinion in January 2016 that would expand the definition of ...

Lake Travis Citizens Council (LTCC) is a small nonprofit corporation located in Travis County, Texas. The Council’s stated goal is “to make life better ...

When a state decides to regulate the speech of citizen groups, it must specify in an understandable way what speech triggers regulation and detailed ...

The right of every American to support causes in which he or she believes is under attack through compulsory disclosure laws. These excessive disclosure laws do ...

Can a state government fine you simply for talking to state legislators? That is the question at the center of Calzone v. Missouri Ethics ...

The Center for Competitive Politics filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Colorado think tank saying that state campaign finance disclosure laws are unconstitutional ...

Can a think tank run ads advocating for public policy without first disclosing its donors to the federal government? That is the question at ...

Can a campaign contribution restriction be based solely on the time of year it was given under the guise of fighting corruption, or do ...

Can a group of veterans be prohibited from advocating for public policy, because they wish to use robocalls? That is the question at the ...

The Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) filed a lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission (FEC) seeking a controversial agency document denied to CCP despite a Freedom of ...