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Overview of Court Challenges to Campaign Finance & Disclosure Laws Nationwide The rush of litigation challenging campaign finance and disclosure laws continues unabated more than two years after the Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United decision. In addition to these challenges, the upcoming election has spurred a new wave of litigation over state voter purges and controversial voter photo identification laws. For your reference, the Campaign Legal Center has updated a summary document of recent cases of interest at the federal, state and municipal level. The summary provides a brief description of pending and recently decided cases, and the Legal Center’s involvement in those cases.
In a letter sent today to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), Democracy 21, joined by the Campaign Legal Center, forwarded fifteen letters that the watchdog groups had sent to the IRS beginning in October 2010 urging IRS action against groups improperly claiming 501(c)(4) tax status and calling for a rulemaking proceeding. |
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LATEST CLC UPDATE
LATEST PRESS RELEASES
- Reform Groups Call on Congress to Deal with Two IRS Scandals: Wrongful Targeting of Groups & Failure to Prevent Abuse of 501(c)(4) Status
- Voting Rights Institute to Train New Generation of Voting Rights Lawyers
- Campaign Legal Center Calls for Hearings on IRS Conduct in 501(c)(4) Controversy: Statement of J. Gerald Hebert
LATEST NEWS CLIPS
- Roll Call: Who's the Right Watchdog for Nonprofits' Political Activity?
- Washington Post: How the IRS seeded the clouds in 2010 for a political deluge three years later
- Associated Press: Lax control costly to Sen. Mike Crapo's campaign
- Gannett: Fundraising ceaseless for TN officials in D.C.
- Bloomberg: IRS Probe Sheds Light on Nonprofit Election-Year Surge
