- Collection:
- Scholarly Works
- Title:
- Regulating Section 527 Organizations
- Creator:
- Polsky, Gregg D.
Charles, Guy-Uriel E. - Date of Original:
- 2005-08-01
- Subject:
- University of Georgia. School of Law
Law--Study and teaching
University of Georgia--Faculty - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Originally uploaded in SSRN (https://ssrn.com/abstract=745330).
In this Essay, we consider whether the Federal Election Commission (FEC) has the authority to regulate independent 527 organizations (e.g., Swiftboat Veterans for Truth, Moveon.org, etc.) as political committees under the Federal Election Campaign Act. This issue, which was hotly debated during the last election cycle when it was considered and ultimately tabled by the FEC, is an extremely complex one that requires a deep understanding of election, tax, administrative, and constitutional law. After considering how these areas of law intersect, we conclude that the FEC lacks the authority to regulate independent 527 organizations as political committees.
527 organizations -- FEC -- Buckley -- MCFL -- Business Organizations Law -- Constitutional Law -- Election Law -- Law and Politics -- Tax Law - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/fac_artchop/1107
- Holding Institution:
- Alexander Campbell King Law Library
- Rights:
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