Legal Opinion

Stop This Insanity Inc. Employee Leadership Fund v. Federal Election Commission

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided August 5, 2014No. 13-5008PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge BROWN.

Senior Circuit Judge SENTELLE concurs in the judgment.

BROWN, Circuit Judge.

The iconic musician Mick Jagger famously mused, “You can’t always get what you want. But if you try sometimes, well, you just might find, you get what you need.” The Rolling Stones, You Can’t Always Get What You Want, on Let It Bleed (Decca Records 1969). Here, Stop This Insanity — a grassroots organization— wants to remove the congressionally-im-posed binds on solicitation by separate segregated funds, a type of political action committee connected to a parent…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  3. Citizens United v. Federal Election CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  4. United States Civil Service Commission v. National Ass'n of Letter CarriersSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. Davis v. Federal Election CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 2008

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Catholic Ldrship Coaltn of TX v. David ReisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2014
  2. Ass'n of Am. Railroads v. U.S. Dep't of Transp.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2018
  3. Boone Cnty. Republican Party v. H. David WallaceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2025
  4. Campaign Legal Center v. FECCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2024
  5. (HC) Patterson v. ShermanDistrict Court, E.D. California · 2020

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