The Colorado Republican Party challenged the constitutionality of the 1974 restriction imposed by the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) that limited the amount a national or state party can spend on Congressional races as a violation of the First Amendment right to free speech.
The Center represented proponents of Arkansas' 1996 ballot initiative on campaign finance in defending the initiative in two lawsuits in which it was challenged.
In 1998, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit struck down a City of Cincinnati Ordinance placing a $140,000 limit on city council campaign expenditures.
In October 2001, the Center, representing Senators John McCain and Russ Feingold and Representatives Christopher Shays and Martin Meehan, filed an amicus brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
