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REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

Civil No. 08-1953 (BMK)(RJL)(RMC).

698 F.Supp.2d 150 (2010)

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, California Republican Party, Republican Party of San Die go County, and Michael Steele, Plaintiffs, v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, Defendant, Democratic National Committee and Representative Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., Intervenors.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

March 26, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Bopp, Jr., Kaylan L. Phillips, Richard E. Coleson, Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, Terre Haute, IN, Charles H. Bell, Jr., Bell, McAndrews & Hiltachk, L.L.P., Sacramento, CA, Bobby Roy Burchfield, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Adav Noti, David Brett Kolker, Kevin Deeley, Federal Election Commission, Washington, DC, for Defendant.

Donald Jay Simon, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry, LLP, Francesco Valentini, Randolph D. Moss, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP, Seth P. Waxman, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, Marc Erik Elias, Andrew H. Werbrock, Perkins Coie, LLP, Washington, DC, Joseph Gerald Hebert, Alexandria, VA, Monica Youn, Sidney Samuel Rosdeitcher, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York, NY, for Intervenors.

Before: KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judge; LEON, District Judge; and COLLYER, District Judge.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judge:

The Supreme Court's First Amendment jurisprudence establishes several principles regarding the regulation of campaign finance. First, Congress may impose some limits on contributions to federal candidates and political parties because of the quid pro quo corruption or appearance of quid pro quo corruption that can be associated with such contributions. Second, Congress may not limit expenditures...

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