WI Family Action vs. Federal Elections Commission - a podcast by Jim Schneider

Free speech is under attack. It's often targeted by those on the -left- who want to gag the speech of those who espouse conservative values or any information that the -left- doesn't want released for public consumption. This takes place on numerous fronts and one of them involves speaking out on the issue of elections. --This has resulted in the recent filing of a lawsuit in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The case is known as Wisconsin Family Action v. Federal Elections Commission.--Joining Jim to discuss this lawsuit were two guests. The first was Michael Dean. Michael is an attorney with First Freedoms Foundation, a public interest law foundation defending historic civil liberties and constitutional principles through litigation and education.--Also part of the discussion was Julaine Appling, president of Wisconsin Family Action.--Michael described how special interest groups -such as Wisconsin Family Action- organize such lawsuits for a particular purpose. In this case a left-leaning group in Washington known as Citizens for Responsibility - Ethics in Washington -CREW- were looking for a specific result. --The D.C. Circuit had the case of CREW v. The Federal Elections Commission -F.E.C.- before them. The case grew out of their lawsuit to force the F.E.C. to prosecute a group known as Crossroads, a 501-c-4 organization which is the same IRS classification held by Wisconsin Family Action. It was a high-profile case because it was going after an organization on the -right-.

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