Feds Preparing to Undo ‘Citizens United’ by Forcing Disclosure of Donors to Conservative Groups

PJ Media ^ | Oct. 26, 2015 | J. Christian Adams

[Twotone]

Two words that make foes of the First Amendment go crazy: Citizens" and "United."

Citizens United was the Supreme Court case that ruled the First Amendment applies to everyone: unions, individuals, and corporations supporting their interests through free speech. But the Federal Election Commission has started the process to undo the Citizens United case - and only one day remains for Americans to provide comments asking the FEC to respect the First Amendment.

[cripplecreek]

This should be an interesting thread since so many FReepers have decided that rich people are evil (aside from their own rich person)

[Dr. Sivana]

Honest, Mr. FEC official, the money orders we deposited were signed “Jane Fonda”, “Margaret Sanger”, “Peter-Paul N. Mary”, “Michelle Obama” and “William J. Clinton”.

For the record, the Wisconsin Government Acountability Board allowed signatures with names like “Mickey Mouse” and “Adolph Hitler” to be counted towards the Walker recall.

[stars & stripes forever]

Excerpt: Americans have only until Tuesday, October 27, to submit an electronic comment asking the FEC to stop, and to abandon these efforts to regulate speech. Anyone can submit a comment at this link. http://sers.fec.gov/forces/addcomments.htm?pid=99531

The Federal Election Commission is considering rules which could force non-profit organizations — such as a pro-life organization — to disclose the names of donors.

[Twotone]

I have nothing against wealthy people, as long as they came by that wealth legitimately. It would be nice to see more of them using their wealth to fund museums & hospitals (like those demonized Koch Brothers do), instead of using it to rob the rest of us of our God-given rights (like Bloomberg).

As for the FEC, how do they get away with making rules the Supreme Court has already said are unconstitutional?

[glennaro]

Lerner and obama walking away from their crimes has emboldened the other members of the Democrat Socialist gang.

[Liz]

TAX-PAYING AMERICANS NEED TO GO THIS ROUTE to nail govt officials like Lois Lerner and John Koskinen targeting taxpayers, John Boehner, Barack Obama and Loretta Lynch labeling taxpayers "terrorists," Bill and Hillary Clinton imperiling taxpayers' ntl security, all the criminal members of Congress, and other factotums on the govt payroll.

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BACKSTORY The 1980 Georgia General Assembly was concerned about “the increasing sophistication of various criminal elements on the public payroll” (and those in elective and appointive office). The GA Assembly then adopted the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), patterned after a similar federal law.

(RICO is routinely used to try to prove that a legal business was being used for illegal means, and, in at its inception, RICO was used to prosecute drug traffickers or organized crime members).

In recent years prosecutors have applied RICO to crooked government officials: (1) those accused of using their public offices for personal gain, and, (2) tax-paid officials of govt agencies using public monies to flout the law.

To bring a case under Georgia’s RICO law, there must be at least two underlying felonies — such as fraud, bribery, witness tampering (among other felonies).

RICO allows prosecutors to include multiple defendants charged with various crimes in the blanket indictment, and to charge that govt employees, publicy-funded and publicly-sanctioned entities were allegedly part of an ongoing criminal enterprise.

EXAMPLE A govt official commits two felonies by (1) accepting, and, (2) filing falsified documents.

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HERE'S THE PATHWAY TO LAUNCH---Texas took the lead w/ 26 state AG's, successfully arguing that Obama's beatified DACA/DAPA's were made more desirable employees than US citizens.

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Any public official using tax dollars to flout that law is a lawbreaker: in cases where govt officials on the public payroll not giving public notice is a violation at the federal level of the 1946 Administrative Procedure Act, which requires notice in the Federal Register. Laws demand that taxpayers have the opportunity to submit views in writing.

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NOTE If proof is established that RICO'ed criminal public officials impaired the commercial and economic activity of the region, that could also be prosecutable under the Hobbs Act.

UPDATE: Georgia tried, convicted and jailed 27 school personnel under this law.

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PRIME RICO TARGETS Boehner and his Congressional buddies are complicit in the massive fraud, waste, and criminal use of tax dollars......the flagrant abuse of taxpayers....and aiding and abetting the criminal activities of Obama. They could have reeled in arrogant govt agencies conducting criminal activities (EPA, IRS, BLM, HUD, DOE and DOL). They could have defunded the criminal enterprise called "Obamacare" and the Planned Parenthood parasites living the high life w/ our tax-dollars....but to taxpayers' eternal disgust....they didn't.

[cripplecreek]

You might enjoy this thread.

[RWGinger]

When I started filling out the form to submit a request to stop I realized the FEC will post all my private information.

so I stopped.

[Twotone]

Don’t let that stop you. I sure as h*ll didn’t!

[Jacquerie]

<>As for the FEC, how do they get away with making rules the Supreme Court has already said are unconstitutional?<>

The rule goes into effect. An affected organization takes the FEC to court. In 2022, the Supreme Court rules that it meant what it said in Citizen’s United, OR the new islamo-fascist majority court reverses Citizen’s United.

In either case, the FEC has served its purpose as part of a multi-pronged attack on Conservative free speech.

The screws are tightening; there is little time to assert our sovereignty and save our nation from slavery.

[Liz]

NOTE WELL Deadline to submit comments is Tuesday, October 27: demand the FEC abandon these efforts to regulate speech.

Submit a comment at this link. http://sers.fec.gov/forces/addcomments.htm?pid=99531

[Trumpinator]

I forget the name of the conservative who came up with the idea - but I recall the solution was to allow unlimited campaign donations as long as the donators are public info. This allows the voter to see if the person they are voting for has connections to people and groups they like and does not restrict freedom of speech.

[C210N]

Feds Preparing to Undo ‘Citizens United’ by Forcing Disclosure of Donors to Conservative Groups

I have no problem with the donors to the FEDS being disclosed to any and all Conservative groups. Anybody donating to the FEDs should be outed and public knowledge.

[Twotone]

Donations to POLITICAL organizations (PACs) are already public. I know, I help file campaign contributions reports for our local county GOP. These rules are specifically for non-profit advocacy groups like pro-life organizations. The problem lies with the fact that the left plays dirty - they harass people at their homes & businesses if they contribute to something the left doesn’t like. Unless they’re going to create really stiff jail terms &/or fines for people who do such things, then donor info should not be public.

[Steve_Seattle]

"This petition is an attempt to force nonprofit advocacy organizations that are not political committees and that do not spend a majority of their time and resources on candidate-related activity to reveal their donors, something they are not required to do by federal law or IRS regulations."

The wording of the petition suggests that it is targeting specific types of organizations, and EXCLUDING organizations whose primary purpose is political or candidate-oriented. The use of these member lists can Only be for shaming, thereby discouraging involvement in the political process and subverting the 1st Amendment.

[Sam Gamgee]

Why would CU be fearful of full disclosure? Conservative generally have no problem with disclosure. Will the same rules apply to liberal groups?

[Trumpinator]

Home of the brave.

[MarkL]

The Federal Election Commission is considering rules which could force non-profit organizations — such as a pro-life organization — to disclose the names of donors.

All for the Stalinist tactics used by the left to destroy the careers of those who donate do causes the evil left detest. Perfect example, (sorry, can't remember his name) the man who used to be the CEO of Mozilla. Once the leftists discovered he dared to donate to the pro-traditional marriage group, he was forced to resign. The left will use this to destroy the lives of those they hate, and dry up funds for the politicians and causes they oppose.

Mark

[GOPJ]

Thanks for the ping Liz...