Supreme Court denies petition for certiorari in Stop This Insanity, Inc. Employee Leadership Fund v. FEC

On January 12, 2015, the United States Supreme Court let stand the dismissal of Stop This Insanity’s constitutional challenge to the Federal Election Campaign Act’s contribution limits and solicitation restrictions for separate segregated funds (SSFs).

Stop This Insanity, Inc. (STII) had proposed to solicit the general public for unlimited contributions to its SSF, Stop This Insanity, Inc. Employee Leadership Fund (STI Fund), which was established solely to make independent expenditures. In order to do so, STII and STI Fund sought declaratory and injunctive relief from provisions that limit the scope and amount of SSF solicitations and provisions that limit the amount of contributions to SSFs. 52 U.S.C. §§ 30116(a)(1)(C), 30116(a)(3), 30118(a), 30118(b)(4)(A)(i).

The District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed the suit on November 5, 2012, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed that decision on August 5, 2014.

Resources:

• Stop This Insanity, Inc. Employee Leadership Fund, et al. v. FEC litigation page
• Certiorari denied (1/12/15) [PDF]