On August 21, the Libertarian Party asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its appeal against the federal campaign finance law that won’t let a deceased person’s estate distribute its bequest to the party, except by doling out the money in small pieces each year. Libertarian National Committee v Federal Election Commission, 19-234. Here is the cert petition. The U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C., Circuit, had upheld the federal rule.
NOOOOO $$$ amount in the 1 Amdt.
Too many MORON party HACK judges to count since 1970s FEC law.
What are the chances David Koch left anything to the LP that might make this case important?
I think that this case is important because the lower Court ruled that money can only be spent in a political discussion if the money is spent according to pre-existing government regulations which were imposed by Congress. The part about spending on party headquarters only benefits those who HAVE party headquarters, just like the LP says in its Brief. It will be interesting to see how the Supreme Court rules on this, if they accept this ‘hot potato’, that has to do with the 1st Amendment, “Congress will make no law…abridging Free Speech.