Legal Opinion
Hassan v. Federal Election Commission
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 28, 2012No. Civil Action No. 2011-2189PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
EMMET G. SULLIVAN, District Judge.
Plaintiff Abdul Karim Hassan brings this action against the Federal Election Commission (“FEC”), seeking a declaratory judgment that (1) the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act, 26 U.S.C. §§ 9001-9013, which provides public funding to Presidential nominees of major or minor political parties, is unconstitutional and invalid, and (2) the natural born citizen clause of the Constitution 1 is irreconcilable with, and has been “trumped, abrogated and implicitly repealed” by, the Equal Protection guarantee of the Fifth Amendment and the…
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