{"id":2626484,"date":"2026-07-08T08:36:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-lawfare-group-looks-to-silence-political-speech\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T08:40:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:40:45","slug":"leftist-lawfare-group-looks-to-silence-political-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-lawfare-group-looks-to-silence-political-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftist Lawfare Group Looks To &#8216;Silence&#8217; Political Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleftist-lawfare-group-looks-to-silence-political-speech%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2626484&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A left-leaning legal group funded by Sam Bankman-Fried is challenging Federal Election Commission (FEC) rules concerning campaign and outside group coordination. The Campaign Legal Center (CLC) argues that recent FEC advisory opinions,which permit candidates to work with third-party groups on canvassing and outreach efforts,enable undisclosed campaign spending and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kenosha-flips-red-after-decades-of-democrat-leadership\/\" title=\"Kenosha Flips Red After Decades of Democrat Leadership\">violate campaign finance laws<\/a>. The lawsuit against the FEC, filed in D.C., aims to nullify these opinions, especially as the FEC lacks a quorum of commissioners to defend its rulings. The legal battle coincides with the RNC intervening in support of the FEC, emphasizing that such <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >cooperation encourages healthy electoral engagement<\/a>. Conversely, the FEC&#8217;s recent opinions, requested by Democrat groups like Texas Majority PAC, aim to clarify permissible coordination without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kentucky-businessman-illegally-shoveled-thousands-to-andy-beshears-campaign-after-dem-governor-appointed-him-to-state-board\/\" title=\"Kentucky businessman unlawfully donated thousands to Andy Beshear&#039;s ... following his appointment to State Board by the Democratic Governor.\">exceeding contribution limits<\/a>. A recent Supreme Court decision also struck down limits on coordinated expenditures between parties and campaigns, reinforcing free speech rights. conservative groups see these legal developments as critical victories against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eyeing-supreme-court-vacancy-left-wing-dark-money-group-pushes-ketanji-brown-jackson-for-top-appeals-court\/\" title=\"Eyeing Supreme Court Vacancy, Left-Wing Dark Money Group Pushes Ketanji Brown Jackson for Top Appeals Court\">left-wing efforts<\/a> to restrict political coordination and speech.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A leftist lawfare group previously bankrolled by disgraced crypto mogul<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/sam-bankman-fried-funded-90-of-campaign-legal-centers-political-arm-2022-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Sam Bankman-Fried <\/a>is suing to overturn Federal Election Commission rules on coordination between campaigns and like-minded outside groups. <\/p>\n<p>The timing is ripe for the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/campaign-legal-center-clc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Campaign Legal Center<\/a> (CLC), which knows the FEC can\u2019t defend itself as the Senate dithers on confirming President Donald Trump\u2019s nominees to fill two vacancies and give the commission a long-lapsed quorum. <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018To Win by Default\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>On Monday, the Republican National Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/prod-static.gop.com\/media\/documents\/2026-07-06_0011_CLC_v_FEC_Mtn_to_Intervene_RNC_with_exhibits_1783384742.pdf?utm_medium=email&#038;utm_source=ncl_amplify&#038;utm_campaign=260707-rnc_intervenes_to_protect_grassroots_voter_outreach_from_left_wing_attacks&#038;utm_content=ncl-DBH7uyxNUA&#038;utm_term=&#038;_nlid=DBH7uyxNUA&#038;_nhids=ncq4EFoRZT0rKls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">intervened <\/a>in CLC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/campaignlegal.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-05\/1%20Complaint--CLC%20v%20FEC%20%28TMP%29_5.6.26.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lawsuit,<\/a> which seeks to knock out the FEC\u2019s 2024 Advisory Opinion allowing federal candidates to work with third-party groups in coordinated canvassing campaigns. CLC claims the opinion unlawfully enables candidates to \u201coutsource and conceal untold millions of dollars in campaign spending through overtly coordinated canvassing.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Of course, CLC\u2019s left-wing pals didn\u2019t think so when they were pushing for the opinion in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election. <\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, asserts the FEC\u2019s opinion violates the Federal Election Campaign Act and is in \u201cbrazen defiance\u201d of the act\u2019s requirement that campaigns \u201ctreat all \u2018expenditures\u2019 coordinated with federal candidates as in-kind contributions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>RNC Chairman Joe Gruters said the Campaign Legal Center \u201ctwiddled their thumbs for two years, waiting to sue over an opinion they don\u2019t like, and now they\u2019re trying to win by default because the FEC doesn\u2019t have enough commissioners to fight back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe RNC isn\u2019t going to let that happen,\u201d the chairman vowed in a statement. \u201cThis advisory opinion lets parties and grassroots groups work together to knock on doors and talk to voters \u2014 exactly the kind of engagement our elections should encourage.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The FEC, which has lost three members during Trump\u2019s second term and a fourth at the end of Joe Biden\u2019s presidency, has consented to the RNC\u2019s participation in the lawsuit. <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Suing to Silence\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>In March 2024, the election commission issued its<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/files\/legal\/aos\/2024-01\/2024-01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> opinion <\/a>at the request of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/political-party\/texas-majority-pac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Texas Majority PAC<\/a> (TMP), a Democrat political action committee launched by former staffers of failed Senate candidate Beto O\u2019Rourke. The PAC\u2019s goal, according to its<a href=\"https:\/\/texasmajoritypac.com\/report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> website,<\/a> is \u201cto permanently flip Texas blue, thus releasing our state from Republican control and delivering two Democratic Senate seats and 40 Democratic Electoral College votes.\u201d Democrat Party sugar daddy George Soros and his Democracy PAC have pumped millions of dollars into Texas Majority\u2019s political op coffers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/political-party\/texas-majority-pac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to<\/a> tracker InfluenceWatch.  <\/p>\n<p>TMP proposed hiring vendors to canvass potential voters. PAC officials wanted to know \u201cwhether canvassing literature and scripts, and their associated costs, are public communications, coordinated communications, or coordinated expenditures, and whether TMP can provide data acquired during the canvass to a federal candidate or party committee at less than fair market value.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The FEC opined that political parties may legally coordinate with outside groups on get-out-the-vote materials without triggering the federal campaign finance contribution caps. Supporters of the opinion included the <a href=\"https:\/\/link.team.gopcomms.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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AFL-CIO<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/link.team.gopcomms.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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DNC official<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/link.team.gopcomms.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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Neil Reiff<\/a>, and Russia collusion hoax peddler <a href=\"https:\/\/elias.law\/client-alert\/federal-election-commission-issues-advisory-opinion-regarding-paid-canvassing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marc Elias<\/a>\u2019 lawfare group.\u00a0Two years later, the FEC\u2019s coordination opinion presents a problem for the left. <\/p>\n<p>The writing is on the wall. <\/p>\n<p>A recent ruling by the Supreme Court struck down federal limits on coordinated expenditures between political party committees and campaigns. In the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/25pdf\/24-621_h315.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> 6-3 ruling,<\/a> Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote that the long-standing limits \u2014 in place since the Nixon administration \u2014 \u201cdirectly abridge the freedom of speech of political parties.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Constitution\u2019s text matters,\u201d he wrote. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo years ago, the FEC said political parties like the RNC and our candidates can work directly with grassroots groups to knock on doors and talk to voters,\u201d Gruters said. \u201cNow, because they lost, left-wing groups are suing to silence the RNC and conservative groups from working together. We won\u2019t allow that to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An award-winning investigative reporter and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leftist group sues FEC over campaign coordination rules amid Senate delays<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":2626485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-07-at-2.53.15-PM-1024x586.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[16727,4717,38689],"class_list":["post-2626484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-lawfare","tag-leftist","tag-political-speech"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-07-at-2.53.15-PM-1024x586.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2626484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2626484"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2626484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2626488,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2626484\/revisions\/2626488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2626485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2626484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2626484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2626484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}