[EL] status of Wagner v. FEC/soft money cases

[Rick Hasen]

Thanks. According to this page 
<http://www.fec.gov/law/litigation/Rufer.shtml> the Libertarian Party 
suit (Rufer) also has been voluntarily dismissed:


            *Dismissal*

    /Rufer, et al. v. FEC/(/Rufer/) and/RNC, et al. v. FEC/(/RNC/) were
    both dismissed after the parties filed dismissal agreements with the
    U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the U.S. Court
    of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

    On November 19, 2014, the plaintiffs in/RNC/filed aStipulation
    Dismissing Republican Plaintiffs
    <http://www.fec.gov/law/litigation/rnc_fec_stip.pdf>with the court
    of appeals.  On December 2, 2014, the plaintiffs in/Rufer/filed both
    aStipulation of Dismissal
    <http://www.fec.gov/law/litigation/rufer_jt_stip_dismissal.pdf>with
    the district court and aJoint Dismissal Agreement
    <http://www.fec.gov/law/litigation/rnc_jt_dismissal.pdf>with the
    court of appeals.  On December 3, 2014, the plaintiffs in/RNC/filed
    aStipulation Dismissing Plaintiffs and Action
    <http://www.fec.gov/law/litigation/rnc_joint_dismissal.pdf>with the
    district court.  In all filings, the FEC noted that by agreeing to
    the dismissal, the FEC does not waive any rights or arguments that
    may apply in future cases.  On December 10, 2014, the court of
    appeals issued anorder dismissing both cases
    <http://www.fec.gov/law/litigation/rnc_rufer_ac_dismissal.pdf>.



On 6/2/15 2:25 PM, Pildes, Rick wrote:
> The Libertarian Party suit is going forward in Indiana, still, I believe.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 5:24 PM
> To: law-election at UCI.edu
> Subject: Re: [EL] status of Wagner v. FEC/soft money cases
>
> Thanks to those who responded off list on this question (the case remains pending, after some additional post-argument briefing).
>
> I have one other question. The RNC, without explanation, voluntarily dismissed its soft money ban challenge brought against the FEC:
> http://www.fec.gov/law/litigation/rnc_joint_dismissal.pdf.
>
> Does anyone have any publicly quotable insight on why?  Also, I had thought the Libertarian party was going to bring such a suit but if there is one I could not find it.  Any insights there?  Thanks.
> Rick
>
> On 6/2/15 10:25 AM, Rick Hasen wrote:
>> Does anyone know what the delay is in this DC en banc case, argued
>> 9/30/2014 (that's the last entry in CLC's summary of litigation:
>> http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/sites/default/files/Campaign%20Legal%20Center%20Litigation%20Summary_FINAL_May-2015.pdf)?
>>
>>
>> The case involves the constitutionality of the ban on federal
>> contractors giving campaign contributions.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
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