FEC Commissioner: Regulators attacking First Amendment by ‘administrative fiat’

Published June 30, 2016 7:46pm ET



Regulators in Washington are seeking to amend the First Amendment by using “administrative fiat” to make an end run around Congress, a member of the Federal Election Commission said on Thursday.

“Three unelected FEC commissioners are trying to amend the First Amendment without going through the two-thirds vote requirements mandated by the Constitution,” FEC Commissioner Lee Goodman told the Washington Examiner.

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