Court Cases
Democracy
Majors v. Abell
Majors v. Abell was a challenge to Indiana’s “disclaimer” law that requires any advertisement expressly endorsing or opposing a candidate for office to explicitly disclose its funders.
– 03/15/04
McConnell v. FEC (Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act)
The Center, in its defense of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, focused primarily on defending the portion of the law that regulates campaign advertising by interest groups.
– 12/10/03
Salazar v. Davidson
The Attorney General of Colorado challenged the constitutionality of the Legislature’s mid-decade redistricting.
– 12/01/03
Green Party of New York State v. New York State Board of Elections
The Center represented the Green Party in its fight to protect the right of voters to register with the Party on voter registration forms and to prevent the state and county Boards of Elections from stripping more than 30,000 New York State citizens of their identity as Green Party members on registered voter lists.
FEC v. Beaumont
In January 2003, the Center filed an amicus brief in Federal Election Commission v. Beaumont, which involved a narrow exception to the ban on using corporate or union treasury funds for federal electioneering.
– 06/16/03
California ProLife Council PAC v. Scully
This case involved the defense of contributions and other restrictions on candidates for California office under Proposition 208.
– 05/08/03
California Pro-Life Council v. Getman
This case concerns the constitutionality of California’s campaign finance disclosure laws for ballot measure campaigns.
– 05/08/03
May v. Brewer
Plaintiff challenged the constitutionality of the portion of Arizona’s Clean Money/Clean Elections system requiring a 10% surcharge on criminal and civil fines.
– 03/24/03