Filed Date: June 9, 2025
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This case challenged the Federal Election Commission’s (FEC) October 2024 dismissal of an administrative complaint which alleged that National Public Radio (NPR) violated the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA). Specifically, the complaint claimed that NPR unlawfully made in-kind contributions to, and failed to disclose independent expenditures made to, the 2024 presidential campaigns of President Biden and Vice President Harris. NPR, as a news organization, is exempt from many of FECA’s strictures; plaintiffs contended that NPR advocated so consistently for Democratic candidates and priorities so as not to qualify for such an exemption. Plaintiffs, a coalition of right-wing nonprofits and activists, alleged that the FEC’s dismissal of their administrative complaint violated FECA.
Represented by private counsel, plaintiffs filed this lawsuit against the FEC on June 9, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Plaintiffs sought a declaration that the FEC’s dismissal of their administrative complaint was “arbitrary, capricious, and contrary to law” under FECA, an order that the FEC comply with such a declaration, and attorneys’ fees.
The case has not yet been assigned to a judge. It is ongoing.
Summary Authors
Matt Petrillo (6/18/2025)
For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70496175/parties/lacy-v-federal-election-commission/
Davidson, Erielle (District of Columbia)
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70496175/lacy-v-federal-election-commission/
Last updated July 18, 2025, 11:24 a.m.