Campaign Legal Center v. Federal Election Commission

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _________________________________________ ) CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Case No. 23-cv-03163 (APM) ) FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, ) ) Defendant. ) _________________________________________ ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER I. INTRODUCTION In August 2019, Plaintiffs Campaign Legal Center (“CLC”) and OpenSecrets petitioned Defendant Federal Election Commission (“the FEC” or “the Commission”) to initiate rulemaking for a set of amendments made to the Federal Election and Campaign Act of 1971 (“FECA”) in 2014. For…