WI Family Action vs. Federal Elections Commission

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".