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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…

Comments of the Center for Competitive Politics on the Draft Advisory Opinion
October 22, 2008   •  By IFS staff   •  , ,

As the Commission is aware, the advisory opinion was requested by the National Right to Life Committee, Inc. (NRLC), “a non-stock, not-for-profit corporation, exempt from ...

Amicus Brief: Shays v. FEC
February 21, 2007   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

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Racing to Absurdity: What would Dale Earnhardt Do?

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December 26, 2006   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

The FEC announced today its decisions in a couple of "MURs" (that's "Matters Under Review" for you normal folk).   The one

Now this is kinda funny!

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December 24, 2006   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

Light blogging through the New Year doesn't mean that we can't share a good laugh.  Fortunately, the humorless "reform" community is always there to ...

WRTL v. FEC: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

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December 22, 2006   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

In a bit of welcome news for the Free Speech Community, a special three judge district court has ruled ...

Millionaire’s Amendment MUR Madness

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December 21, 2006   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

We always knew that the so-called "Millionaire's Amendment" was a silly law, but if the FEC's most recent pronouncement on the law's requirements is ...

Disclosure versus Snooping: Do ‘reformers’ know the difference?

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December 19, 2006   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

The Federal Election Commission has adopted new guidelines requiring political committees to include more information about the purposes of their various disbursements.  It goes ...

Oh that Pesky First Amendment!: The New York Times’ Take

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December 18, 2006   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

The New York Times once again pulls out its Thesaurus of invective to tackle the issue of campaign finance reform.  Next time, we suggest they ...

FEC recap

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December 15, 2006   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

It's been a busy week in the world of campaign finance.  The FEC's newly announced 527 agreements have (quite appropriately) dominated the discussion.  But ...

Never Happy

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December 14, 2006   •  By Steve Hoersting   •  ,

Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center are unhappy.  They describe the FEC’s ruling yesterday as “too little, ...

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