Albanese v. Federal Election Commission

Plaintiffs Sal F. Albanese et al. appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, I. Leo Glasser, Judge, dismissing their complaint seeking a judgment declaring, inter alia, that their rights under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, as incorporated into the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment, are violated by (a) the solicitation and use of private funds in elections for federal office, as permitted by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, 2 U.S.C. § 431 et seq. (1994) (“FECA”), and (b) the use by incumbent…