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D.C. Appeals Court Tosses Out FEC Restrictions on Non-Profits

By James A. Kahl, Lawrence H. Norton, Gregg P. Skall

A three-judge federal appeals panel on September 18 struck down FEC rules that limit fundraising and spending by non-profit advocacy organizations. The court in EMILY?s List v. FEC concluded that such groups have a constitutional right to raise unlimited funds in support of candidates for elected office, and to spend those funds on any independent, election-related activities, including political ads, get-out-the-vote efforts and voter registration drives. The FEC adopted the challenged rules af read more

Full post as published by Political GPS: Womble Carlyle Political Law on October 13, 2009 (boomark / email).