Supreme Court affirms three-judge District Court Opinion in Republican Party of Louisiana, et al. v. FEC

WASHINGTON – The United States Supreme Court today affirmed (Case 16-865) the three-judge court opinion of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Republican Party of Louisiana, et al. v. FEC (Case 1:15-cv-01241-CRC-SS-TSC), which granted summary judgment to the Commission on all claims. The plaintiffs had challenged the constitutionality of the Federal Election Campaign Act’s regulation of the use of so-called soft money—funds raised and/or spent outside the limitations and prohibitions of the Act—by state and local parties for federal election activity, as well as related reporting requirements. The Supreme Court affirmed the District Court’s decision today in response to an appeal from the Plaintiffs.