Martin Tractor Company v. Federal Election Commission National Chamber Alliance for Politics v. Federal Election Commission

WALD, Circuit Judge:

Appellants in these consolidated appeals brought actions in district court seeking declaratory and injunctive relief from certain of the provisions of section 321 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, 2 U.S.C. § 441b, 1 (“FECA” or the “Act”). Their complaints alleged that these provisions violate rights guaranteed them by the first and fifth amendments of the United States Constitution, insofar as they restrict “solicitation” of contributions to, and by, certain corporate and trade association political action committees (“PACs” or “separate segregated…