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FEDERAL ELECTION COMM'N v. AKINS

No. 96-1590.

524 U.S. 11 (1998)

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION v. AKINS et al.

United States Supreme Court.

Decided June 1, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solicitor General Waxman argued the cause for the United States. With him on the briefs were Acting Solicitor General Dellinger, Malcolm L. Stewart, Lawrence M. Noble, Richard B. Bader, and David Kolker.

Daniel M. Schember argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was Abdeen Jabara.*

Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which O'Connor and Thomas, JJ., joined, p. 29.

Justice Breyer, delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has determined that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is not a "political committee" as defined by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA or Act), 86 Stat. 11, as amended, 2 U. S. C. § 431(4), and, for that reason, the FEC has refused to require AIPAC to make disclosures regarding its membership, contributions, and expenditures that FECA would...

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