Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Court Denies Review in Campaign Finance Case


Today the Court issued its orders list in which the Justices declined to hear the case of Justice v. Hoseman (Docket 15-682).

CLICK HERE to read about the case.

The issue in the case was whether Mississippi can, consistent with the First Amendment, prohibit a small informal group of friends and neighbors from spending more than $200 on pure speech about a ballot measure unless they become a political committee, adopt the formal structure required of a political committee, register with the state, and subject themselves to the full panoply of ongoing record-keeping, reporting, and other obligations that attend status as a political committee.

The cert. petition was filed by the Institute for Justice with Paul Avelar as Counsel of record for the Petitioners.

The Center for Competitive Politics (Allen Dickerson), the Cato Institute (Ilya Shapiro), and the Independence Institute filed an Amicus Brief on behalf of the Petitioners.

CLICK HERE to read the 30 page (PDF) Amicus Brief.











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