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Advancing American Freedom released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision in National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission:
Former Federal Election Commissioner Hans von Spakovsky, a Senior Legal Fellow in AAF’s Edwin Meese III Institute for the Rule of Law, said:
“It is fitting that just as we are celebrating the 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence, the Supreme Court has restored freedom of speech and association for political parties and their members by overriding the limits on coordinated expenditures.”
Hans von Spakovsky added:
“Alexis de Tocqueville himself recognized the importance of associational rights in maintaining the liberty and freedom that Americans hold so dear; the unconstitutional federal law limiting the ability of political parties to associate with their candidates interfered with the very reason political parties exist: to recruit and back the candidates their members support.”
Marc Wheat, General Counsel for Advancing American Freedom,said:
“Advancing American Freedom filed an amicus brief in this case on behalf of itself and many other organizations because freedom of speech and activity in the political arena is not only protected by the First Amendment but is pivotal to representative government and maintaining a democratic Republic.”