FEC’s Prosecutorial Discretion Deemed Unreviewable by D.C. Circuit, Again

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently issued its long-awaited decision in Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) v. Federal Election Commission (FEC) (hereinafter “New Models” based on the name of the organization involved in that case). The case involved CREW’s challenge to the FEC’s dismissal of CREW’s complaint against a now-defunct conservative 501(c)(4) organization, New Models, alleging that the issue advocacy organization became a...
By: Wiley Rein LLP

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