Legal Opinion
Republican Party of Louisiana v. Federal Election Commission
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 25, 2015No. Civil Action No. 2015-1241PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, United States District Judge
The Federal Election Campaign Act (“FECA”) establishes dollar limits on com tributions that individuals and certain entities may make "to a single federal candidate or political-party committee in a given election cycle. In 1998, the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs concluded that certain corporations, labor unions, and wealthy individuals had sought to circumvent FECA’s limits on contributions to political parties through so-called “soft money” contributions. S. Rep. No. 105-167 (1998). In campaign-finance parlance,…
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