[EL] Pro-Romney Super PAC Fined $50K for 2012 Activities,

[Robbin Stewart]

Offhand to me when an independent expenditure group picks up a "Vote For
Smith" sign and has their printer run off 1000 more, or a million more such
signs, that looks like an independent expenditure protected by the First
Amendment, rather than a prohibited contribution.

This case settled with a plea bargain and there's no discussion of First
Amendment implications of the rule. But maybe this is something that's
already well settled. Has this issue been litigated?



> Pro-Romney Super PAC Fined $50K for 2012 Activities
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78286>
> Posted on December 11, 2015 3:01 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78286>
> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Release
> <http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/news/press-releases/clc-complaint-leads-fine-romney-super-pac-s-illegal-spending-2012>
> :
>
> Today, the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) received notification that the
> Federal Election Commission (FEC) has fined pro-Mitt Romney Super PAC
> Restore Our Future (ROF) $50,000 for illegally spending millions of dollars
> airing an advertisement in 2012 that was originally produced and aired by
> the 2008 Romney presidential campaign.  ROF treasurer Charles S. Spies
> signed a conciliation agreement on behalf of ROF, agreeing to pay a civil
> penalty of $50,000.
>
> Just wait till 2020 for the 2016 fines!
>
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