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

By Rudy Takala

Published June 30, 2016 7:46pm ET

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FEC Commissioner: Regulators attacking First Amendment by ‘administrative fiat’ — "Three unelected FEC commissioners are trying to amend the First Amendment without going through the two-thirds vote requirements mandated by the Constitution," said FEC Commissioner Lee Goodman. (Screen shot)

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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