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Category: FEC
Federal Election Commission gets redistricting advisory opinion request
Roll Call reports that The National Democratic Redistricting Trust is requesting an advisory opinion from the Federal Election Commission. A Democratic group that will figure prominently into the post-2010 redistricting fight is asking the Federal Election Commission whether it can use Members to help raise soft money for their efforts, according to a new document […]
D.C. Circuit decides Unity08 on reviewability of advisory opinions and political committee status
The D.C. Circuit announced its opinion in Unity08 and it’s available here. The court upheld the district court’s holding that the Federal Election Commission’s advisory opinion was reviewable. On the merits, the Court of Appeals reversed, holding that “Unity08 is not subject to regulation as a political committee unless and until it selects a ‘clearly […]