John Hay Hooker v. FEC

admin Election Law, Litigation, U. S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee

Our firm represented Presidential candidate Howard Phillips and The Constitution Party, who were named defendants in the case of Hooker v. FEC.   On December 15, 1999, we filed a Motion to Dismiss and Memorandum of Points and Authorities in support thereof, in the case in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, which was granted on April 12, 2000.  John Jay Hooker Read More

Free Speech Coalition Comments to FEC on Membership

admin Administrative Law, Election Law

On behalf of the Free Speech Coalition, we filed comments with the Federal Election Commission supporting the proposed changes to revise the definition of a “member” of a membership organization, so long as the changes set forth in FSC’s comments are incorporated into the adopted regulations.  The first change is that membership organizations be permitted to waive the dues criterion Read More