FEC Lawyers: GOP "Super-Duper" PAC Is Illegal

[kpete]

Source: Mother Jones

FEC Lawyers: GOP "Super-Duper" PAC Is Illegal
The nation's campaign finance watchdog tosses cold water on the latest scheme from the conservative lawyer behind Citizens United.

— By Andy Kroll

Wed Jun. 29, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Not so fast, James Bopp. In a rebuke to the influential conservative lawyer and Republican National Committeeman, lawyers for the Federal Election Commission have deemed his plans for a game-changing new breed of super PAC illegal.

Bopp had envisioned a novel strategy for the group, created in May and dubbed Republican Super PAC, that would allow it to circumvent political spending limits by using elected officials to fundraise for the PAC. My colleague Stephanie Mencimer outlined Bopp's plan last month:

***Say House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) approaches the CEO of Exxon for a contribution to his reelection campaign. Under federal law, the CEO can only give Boehner $2,500. In the past, that’s the end of the conversation. But Bopp's plan envisions Boehner and his campaign asking that same donor—and his company—to pony up more money, as much as he wants, for the Republican Super PAC. The donor can even specify that the money be spent supporting Boehner or attacking his opponent. Then Bopp's PAC can buy ads, send out mailings, canvass neighborhoods, and do all the other things a political campaign typically does on Boehner’s behalf.

Bopp, you might remember, was the driving force behind the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, a decision that opened the door to unlimited corporate campaign donations and reshaped the political playing field. The decision was a victory long in the works for Bopp, who for decades has chipped away at the nation's campaign finance regulations.

Read more: http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/06/fec-attorneys-gop-super-duper-pac-illegal

[Iliyah]

1. Citizens United

don't care. They like the gopers aka tea brats are above the law. They are the law, they are the dictators of America.

[fascisthunter]

2. Someday they hope to make it legal

right now, I'm sure they are working on it.

[Thav]

3. Sounds like James Bopp has other things in mind..

Maybe an insane salary for running such a PAC? After all, now they're talking about billion dollar campaigns, you know some people are asking themselves, "How can *I* get a big cut of that?"

[AndyTiedye]

4. Citizens United Changed Everything

The Repiglickins now have more money than God.

Will we ever get our country back?

[bemildred]

5. Nothing is illegal unless Scalia says it is. nt