More on AFL-CIO v. FEC case The A.P. offers this report. In my initial read of the case, it looks like the Court got it about right. On page 17 of the slip opinion, the court endorses the idea that the FEC may be able to release additional information about its investigations to serve the twin purposes of "deterring future violations and promoting Commission accountability." But it must craft new regulations to do so in a way without unnecessarily infringing on the First Amendment rights of those under investigation by the FEC. The court was particularly disturbed that the FEC was going to release 10,000 to 20,000 pages of material on AFL-CIO election strategy that it had not even reviewed before it decided not to proceed further with the investigation.
I have no idea if the FEC will take up the invitation to craft more narrowly tailored regulations.

"Mass May Repeal 'Clean Elections Law'" A.P. offers this report.

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