VAN HOLLEN, JR. v. FEDERAL ELECTION COM'N

Nos. 15-5016, 15-5017.

811 F.3d 486 (2016)

Christopher VAN HOLLEN, JR., Appellee v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, Appellees. Center for Individual Freedom and Hispanic Leadership Fund, Intervenor-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 21, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Kirby argued the cause for appellant Center for Individual Freedom. With him on the briefs were Jan Witold Baran , Caleb P. Burns , and Samuel B. Gedge .

Jason Torchinsky was on the brief for appellant Hispanic Leadership Fund.

Daniel Z. Epstein and Joshua N. Schopf were on the brief for amicus curiae Cause of Action in support of appellants.

Catherine M.A. Carroll argued the cause for appellee Christopher Van Hollen Jr. With her on the brief were Roger M. Witten , Donald J. Simon , Trevor Potter , J. Gerald Hebert , Fred Wertheimer , and Scott L. Nelson .

Kevin A. Deeley , Acting Associate General Counsel, Harry J. Summers , Assistant General Counsel, Holly J. Baker and Seth E. Nesin , Attorneys, Federal Election Commission, were on the brief for appellee Federal Election Commission.

Before: BROWN, Circuit Judge, SENTELLE and RANDOLPH, Senior Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge BROWN.

The arc of campaign finance law has been ambivalent, bending toward speech and disclosure. Indeed what has made this area of election law so challenging is that these two values exist in unmistakable tension. Disclosure chills speech. Speech without disclosure risks...

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