Next steps in Lieu v. Federal Election Commission, the case that could end super PACs Posted on August 20, 2019 (June 12, 2020) Challenging Super PACs In 2016, Free Speech For People, on behalf of a bipartisan coalition of Members of Congress and 2016 congressional candidates, filed a lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission to abolish super PACs. The lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Washington, D.C., seeks the reversal of the 2010 ruling of the U.S. Court of AppealsRead More
Senators Whitehouse, Blumenthal, Hirono submit amicus brief in challenge to super PACs Posted on June 28, 2019 (June 18, 2020) Challenging Super PACs Today, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals in Lieu v. Federal Election Commission, the case that could end super PACs. In their brief, the senators urge the court to reexamine its previous SpeechNow holding that failed to recognize the practical effectRead More
CREW submits amicus brief in challenge to super PACs Posted on June 28, 2019 (June 18, 2020) Challenging Super PACs Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) submitted an amicus brief in Lieu v. Federal Election Commission, the case that could end super PACs. The brief argues that the DC Circuit erred in SpeechNow.Org v. FEC when it created super PACs, and that the full Court should reconsider that decision. CREW’s brief makes threeRead More
New reply brief in the case that could end super PACs Posted on June 24, 2019 (June 18, 2020) Challenging Super PACs Today, we filed a short procedural reply brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Lieu v. Federal Election Commission, the case that could end super PACs. The goal of the Lieu litigation is to give the D.C. Circuit, or the Supreme Court, the opportunity to overturn the D.C. Circuit’s 2010 SpeechNow decision that createdRead More
Free Speech For People and Money Out Voters In Host Event With Actress Debra Winger to Fight Big Money and Reclaim Our Democracy Posted on May 10, 2016 (May 10, 2016) Free Speech For People and Money Out Voters In hosted a house party on Sunday, April 10, at the home of actress Debra Winger in Los Angeles, California.Read More
CA Supreme Court Hears Arguments To Decide People’s Right To Instruct Their Representatives With Prop 49 Posted on October 6, 2015 (October 6, 2015) San Francisco —Today, the California Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether Californians have the right to vote on Proposition 49, a voter instruction measure calling for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.Read More