To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog:
Wiley’s Lee Goodman, Andrew Woodson, and Jeremy Broggi break down the U.S. Supreme Court’s April 26 oral arguments in two cases: Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta and Thomas More Law Center v. Bonta. The cases present First Amendment challenges to a California Attorney General (AG) rule requiring all non-profit organizations to turn over to the California AG their donor lists in the form of their IRS Schedule B’s as a condition of their charitable registration in the state. Wiley filed amicus briefs on behalf of the U.S. See more +
Washington Free Beacon FEC headquarters / Getty Images
ActBlue, a top platform for Democratic political contributions, was penalized for funneling $44,000 in illegal contributions.
The Federal Election Commission slapped a $3,300 fine on the fundraising platform for facilitating excessive contributions during the 2020 cycle. The excess cash came from 19 individual donors and was not refunded, reattributed, or transferred to the non-federal account within the permissible timeframe, according to documents.
Recent Stories in Democrats
During the 2020 cycle, donors were bound by $2,800 contribution limits to a federal candidate and $5,000 contribution limits to a PAC per election; any amount from a donor over those limits was deemed excessive. Deborah Simon, a top Democratic funder, and Jim Offield, heir to the Wrigley gum fortune, were among the listed donors in the FEC s internal referral for violation against ActBlue who had given excessive amounts through the fund