U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Libertarian Party Bequest Case

On November 25, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Libertarian National Committee v Federal Election Commission, 19-234.  This is the case in which the lower court said it is constitutional to prevent a party from receiving a large bequest as soon as probate is finished.  Instead, the government requires that the party receive the money in small chunks every year, so that it might take a decade or longer for the party to receive all the money.  The supposed rationale for this policy is that the deceased person might have bribed the party before he died.  In this case, however, that would have been impossible, because the donor did not tell the Libertarian Party about his will.


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U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Libertarian Party Bequest Case — 9 Comments

  1. DIRECT SUBVERSION of 1 Amdt — that has NOOOO money limitation — for speech/press/petition/assembly purposes — by living or dead.

    SCOTUS HACKS at work.

  2. A policy based on motivation of the contributor probably is not constitutional or enforceable.

    The Libertarian Party has encouraged bequests. A fact question in the current case is whether the decedent had received such publication.

    Imagine if I wanted to give the LNC several million dollars. If I had never contacted them, and there was no quid pro quo why shouldn’t they ber permitted to accept the contribution.

  3. Ok, so the max current limit is $33,900, so if the LNC can convince 30 millionaires to bequest to the LNC they’ll get 1 mil per year. Alright, time to chum up to some old rich guys.

  4. What percent of current olde rich folks are blatant monopoly fascists ???

    Econ WAR since 1929 between —

    NET tax LOOTERS vs NET tax SLAVES

    Highest pct of NET LOOTERS is N-O-W — govt officers, govt contractors, govt creditors [interest], govt welfarefolk [ so called transfer payments ].

    REAL taxes NOW — about 40-45 PCT of GDP.

  5. Would it be legal for the Libertarians to get the headquarters contribution and rent space on The Avenue of Heroic Party Oligarchs, and sublet the excess space, and use that money for political asctivities?

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