On Friday, the Ninth Circuit federal appellate court ruled that Arizona judicial canons that restrict the ability of judicial candidates to engage in ordinary political activities as part of their campaigns are unconstitutional. The plaintiff in the case, Randolph Wolfson, is a resident of Golden...
Today the Republican National Committee filed its opening brief in McCutcheon v. FEC in the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, brought by the Republican National Committee and Shaun McCutcheon, challenges the federal biennial, individual aggregate limits on contributions to candidates and national pol...
Today the U.S. Supreme Court granted full review of McCutcheon v. FEC. The case, brought by Shaun McCutcheon and the Republican National Committee, challenges the biennial individual aggregate limits on contributions to candidates and national political party committees (such as RNC). Under these...
PRESS RELEASE March 27, 2012 Contact: James Bopp, Jr. Cell Phone 812/243-0825; Phone 812/232-2434; Fax 812/235-3685; [email protected] Today three corporations asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Montana Supreme Court's holding that corporations in Montana may be banned from making ind...
PRESS RELEASE Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Contact: James Bopp, Jr. Phone 812/232-2434; Fax 812/235-3685; [email protected] In 2007, New York City created a blacklist. It singled out nearly 12,000 of its most prominent citizens and said that they were the most likely to try to bribe politicians with ...
Thursday, October 13, 2011 A group of plaintiffs has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of New Mexico's new campaign finance laws. The lawsuit alleges that the new limits on contributions to political parties and from political parties to their candidates, as well as the new limits...
For the second time in as many years, a federal judge in Wisconsin has ruled that a Wisconsin campaign finance law unconstitutional. On September 14, the court ruled that Charles G. Hatchett, a resident of Whitewater, cannot be made to register with the state and include a disclaimer on post card...
Last Friday, North Carolina Right to Life's independent expenditures committees filed a federal suit in North Carolina against the state's matching funding scheme as an unconstitutional infringement on their First Amendment free speech rights. North Carolina's Public Campaign Finance Fund provide...
Late Tuesday a federal district court in New Mexico declared unconstitutional a provision of Albuquerque's system of public funding for elections that provides taxpayer funding to legislative candidates based on opposition speech. Albuquerque's Open and Ethical Election Code provides taxpayer fun...
Wednesday, July 6, 2011. Today, a federal appellate court in Richmond, Virginia, gave new life to a candidate's efforts to vindicate his constitutional rights. In August 2010, a lower court ruled that Herb Lux, who sought to run for Congress in the 2010 general election, did not have a constituti...
Thursday, June 30, 2011. On Wednesday, a citizen coalition led by Protect Marriage Washington asked a federal court to prevent Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed from publishing the names and addresses of thousands of citizens who signed a controversial referendum petition in 2009. Approximat...
Today the United States Supreme Court declared unconstitutional an Arizona system of public funding of elections because it gave money to candidates based on the First Amendment speech of others. The Arizona Clean Elections Act, passed in 1998, provides taxpayer funding for any Arizona statewide...
New Mexico Turn Around, a free market oriented advocacy organization, filed suit in federal court on Friday against Albuquerque's public funding scheme for city council candidates, asserting it is an unconstitutional infringement of their First Amendment free speech rights. Albuquerque's Open and...
Last Friday, the Republican Super PAC (RSPAC) submitted comments on the advisory opinion request of Majority PAC and House Majority PAC. On May 19, the two Democratic PACs asked the Federal Election Commission for an advisory opinion approving their plan to receive lawful federal contributions so...
PRESS RELEASE Tuesday, March 4, 2011 Contact: James Bopp, Jr. Phone: 812/232-2434; Fax: 812/235-3685; [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE As detailed here, on Wednesday, a federal court heard oral argument on Wisconsin Right to Life PAC's request to enjoin Wisconsin's rescue funds for Wisconsin...
PRESS RELEASE Tuesday, October 19, 2010 Contact: James Bopp, Jr. Phone 812/232-2434; Fax 812/235-3685; [email protected] Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy today ordered responsive briefing on an emergency request to halt unconstitutional aspects of Maine's public funding scheme for state candid...
