On September 12, the Institute for Free Speech filed this amicus curiae brief in Libertarian National Committee v Federal Election Commission, in the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit. This is the lawsuit over federal bans on large contributions from deceased individuals to political parties.

The amicus says, “This Court should fashion a broad, bright-line rule that cleanly clarifies the circumstances where contribution limits will not apply to bequests. Such a remedy is easily articulated. The Court should find that contribution limits are inappropriate where a bequest is made without any prior coordination with the recipient committee, and where that committee seeks to receive it only after the contributors’ death.” The amicus says that if such a clear ruling is not released, that will just cause more lawsuits on this subject in the future.