Steve Hoersting (Center for Competitive Politics) has written an important article on the group’s blog dealing with “major purpose” tests. The election bar and courts need to close the loop on a widely held concept: “Major purpose,” or more precisely, the lack of an electoral one, is an added shield against registration for organizations that […]
Category: Const Law Issues
Millionaire’s Amendment
As the Supreme Court considers Davis v. FEC, the Millionaire’s Amendment has apparently kicked-in in the Democratic Primary for Senate in Nebraska.
North Carolina Right to Life v. Leake
Digesting the opinion, some of it is quite favorable to Speechnow.org’s cause (see discussion starting at p. 24 of the opinion). The court strikes contribution limits on independent expenditures for what appears to be precisely the reasons Speechnow.org has argued. North Carolina (in the Fourth Circuit, of course), is having an important primary soon and […]