Statements and Opinions
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Statements of Reasons in Enforcement Matters
- MUR 4960, Hillary Rodham Clinton (re: The Commission’s standard for summary dismissal of a complaint (“no RTB”)). [HTML]
- MUR 4689, Robert Dornan (re: precedents on the FECA’s media exemption and disagreement with some of the Commission’s prior decisions regarding this exemption); Statement of Reasons [HTML] and Additional Statement of Reasons [HTML]
Litigation
- Statement of Reasons on Withdrawal of the Complaint in FEC v. Forbes (re: the FECA “press exemption,” its basis in First Amendment and problems with the Commission’s initial decision to file this suit) [HTML]
Advisory Opinions
- Dissenting Opinion, Advisory Opinion Request 2007-32, SpeechNow.org [PDF]
- Concurring Opinion, Advisory Opinion 1999-11, Dianne Byrum (re: the use of the phrase “campaign related” as a test or description of activity in connection with a federal election. Expresses significant limitations on the advisory opinion process and on the use of advisory opinions to enunciate general rules or policy statements) [HTML]
Audits/Public Financing
- Statement of Reasons on the Audits of the Dole for President and the Clinton/Gore Committees (re: the “electioneering message” test previously employed by the Commission in assessing political party advertisements. Explains the need to avoid vagueness and overbreadth in Commission rules and enforcement decisions and the necessity for the Commission to observe statutory and constitutional due process in promulgating regulatory standards) [HTML]
