No. 24-621
 
Title: National Republican Senatorial Committee, et al., Petitioners
v.
Federal Election Commission, et al.
Docketed: December 6, 2024
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (24-3051)
   Decision Date: September 5, 2024
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Dec 04 2024 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 6, 2025)
Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jan 02 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 6, 2025 to February 6, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
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Jan 03 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 6, 2025, for all respondents.
Jan 06 2025 Brief amici curiae of Ohio, et al. filed.
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Jan 06 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
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Jan 06 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Free Speech filed.
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Jan 06 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Senator Mitch McConnell filed.
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Jan 06 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Republican Governors Association filed.
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Jan 06 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Georgia Republican Party, Inc. filed.
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Jan 08 2025 Letter of amici curiae Ohio, et al. filed.
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Jan 27 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 6, 2025 to March 10, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
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Jan 28 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 10, 2025, for all respondents.
Feb 26 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 10, 2025 to April 9, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
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Feb 27 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 9, 2025, for all respondents.
Mar 27 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 9, 2025 to May 9, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
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Mar 28 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 9, 2025, for all respondents.
Apr 30 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 9, 2025 to May 19, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
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May 01 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 19, 2025, for all respondents.
May 19 2025 Brief of respondents Federal Respondents filed.
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May 30 2025 Reply of petitioners National Republican Senatorial Committee, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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May 30 2025 Motion for leave to intervene filed by Democratic National Committee, et al. (Distributed)
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Jun 03 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2025.
Jun 06 2025 Response to motion to intervene from Federal Respondents filed. (Distributed)
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Jun 06 2025 Response to motion from petitioners National Republican Senatorial Committee, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Jun 23 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/26/2025.
Jun 30 2025 Motion for leave to intervene filed by Democratic National Committee, et al. GRANTED.
Jun 30 2025 Petition GRANTED.
Jul 01 2025 Roman Martinez, Esquire, of Washington, D. C., is invited to brief and argued this case, as amicus curiae, in support of the judgment below.
Jul 09 2025 Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Jul 16 2025 Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix, petitioners' brief on the merits, and respondents' brief in support on the merits is extended to and including August 21, 2025. The time to file the briefs on the merits of the Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below and of intervenors Democratic National Committee, et al. is extended to and including September 29, 2025. (Amended – August 6, 2025.)
Aug 21 2025 Brief of petitioners National Republican Senatorial Committee, et al. filed.
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Aug 21 2025 Brief of Federal Respondents in support of petitioners filed.
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Aug 21 2025 Motion for divided argument filed by the Solicitor General.
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Aug 21 2025 Joint appendix filed.
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Aug 27 2025 Brief amici curiae of Ohio, et al. filed.
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Aug 28 2025 Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed.
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Aug 28 2025 Brief amici curiae of Institute for Free Speech, et al. filed.
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Aug 28 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed.
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Aug 28 2025 Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.
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Aug 28 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
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Aug 28 2025 Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
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Aug 28 2025 Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom, et al. filed.
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Aug 28 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Republican Governors Association filed.
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Aug 28 2025 Brief amicus curiae of America First Policy Institute filed.
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Aug 28 2025 Brief amici curiae of Georgia Republican Party, Inc., et al. filed.
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Aug 28 2025 Brief amici curiae of Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson, et al. filed.
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Aug 28 2025 Brief amicus curiae of American Promise in support of neither party filed.
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Aug 28 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Republican Party of Florida filed.
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Aug 28 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Senator Mitch McConnell filed.
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Aug 28 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Republican National Committee filed.
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Aug 28 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Randy Elf filed.
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Aug 28 2025 Amicus brief of Republican Governors Association submitted.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Noel John Francisco
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

NJFRANCISCO@JONESDAY.COM
Ph: (202) 879-3939
Party name: National Republican Senatorial Committee, et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Marc Erik Elias
Counsel of Record
Elias Law Group LLP
250 Massachusetts Ave NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20001

Eliasm@elias.law
Ph: 202-968-4490
Party name: Intervenors Democratic National Committee, et al.


Roman Martinez V
Counsel of Record
Latham & Watkins, LLP
555 Eleventh Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004

ROMAN.MARTINEZ@LW.COM
Ph: 202-637-3377
Party name: Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below


D. John Sauer
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: FEC, et al. in support of petitioners


Other Attorneys
Dan Backer
Counsel of Record
Chalmers & Adams LLC
10521 Judicial Drive
Suite 200-A
Fairfax, VA 22030

DBACKER@CHALMERSADAMS.COM
Ph: (202) 210-5431
Party name: Georgia Republican Party, Inc.


Dan Backer
Counsel of Record
Coolidge Reagan Foundation
1629 K Street, NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20006

DBACKER@CHALMERSADAMS.COM
Ph: 2022105431
Party name: Georgia Republican Party, Inc., Alabama Republican Party, and Republican Party of Texas


Thomas Arthur Berry
Counsel of Record
Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001

tberry@cato.org
Ph: 443-254-6330
Party name: Cato Institute


Caleb P. Burns
Counsel of Record
Wiley Rein LLP
2050 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036

cburns@wileyrein.com
Ph: 202-719-7000
Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America


Jay Randall Carson
Counsel of Record
The Buckeye Institute
88 East Broad Street
Suite 1300
Cleveland, OH 43215

jrcarson@wegmanlaw.com
Ph: 614-224-4422
Party name: The Buckeye Institute


Charles Justin Cooper
Counsel of Record
Cooper & Kirk, PLLC
1523 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

ccooper@cooperkirk.com
Ph: 202-220-9600
Party name: Senator Mitch McConnell


Gina Michele D'Andrea
Counsel of Record
America First Policy Institute
1455 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 255
Washington, DC 20004

gdandrea@americafirstpolicy.com
Ph: 5169933154
Party name: America First Policy Institute


Randolph Scott Elf
Counsel of Record
Post Office Box 525
Lakewood, NY 14750

ForEFilingOnly@gmail.com
Ph: 2024232122
Party name: Randy Elf


Felicia H. Ellsworth
Counsel of Record
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109

felicia.ellsworth@wilmerhale.com
Ph: 617-526-6000
Party name: American Promise


Lee Elton Goodman
Counsel of Record
Dhillon Law Group, Inc.
2121 Eisenhower Avenue
Suite 608
Alexandria, VA 22314

lgoodman@dhillonlaw.com
Ph: (415) 433-1700
Party name: Republican National Committee


Erin E. Murphy
Counsel of Record
Clement & Murphy, PLLC
706 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314

ERIN.MURPHY@CLEMENTMURPHY.COM
Ph: (202) 742-8900
Party name: Republican Governors Association


Brett Robert Nolan
Counsel of Record
Institute for Free Speech
1150 Connecticut Avenue N.W.
Suite 801
Washington, DC 20036

BNOLAN@IFS.ORG
Ph: 202-301-3300
Party name: Institute for Free Speech


Daniel Elden Nordby
Counsel of Record
Shutts & Bowen LLP
215 South Monroe Street
Suite 804
Tallahassee, FL 32301

dnordby@shutts.com
Ph: 850-241-1717
Party name: Republican Party of Florida


Jeffrey Michael Schwab
Counsel of Record
Liberty Justice Center
7500 Rialto Blvd.
Suite 1-250
Austin, TX 78735

JSchwab@LJC.org
Ph: 512-481-4400
Party name: Liberty Justice Center


Jay Alan Sekulow
Counsel of Record
American Center for Law & Justice
201 Maryland Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002

sekulow@aclj.org
Ph: 2025468890
Party name: American Center for Law & Justice


Charles Robert Spies
Counsel of Record
Dickinson Wright PLLC
1825 Eye Street NW
STE 900
Washington, DC 20006

cspies@dickinsonwright.com
Ph: 202-466-5964
Party name: Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer


Mathura Jaya Sridharan
Counsel of Record
Ohio Attorney General's Office
30 E. Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215

Mathura.Sridharan@OhioAGO.gov
Ph: 4408216380
Party name: State of Ohio and 19 Other States


Mathura Jaya Sridharan
Counsel of Record
Ohio Attorney General's Office
30 E. Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215

Mathura.Sridharan@OhioAGO.gov
Ph: 4408216380
Party name: State of Ohio and 13 Other States


John Marc Wheat
Counsel of Record
Advancing American Freedom, Inc.
801 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Suite 930
Washington, DC 20004-2729

MWHEAT@ADVANCINGAMERICANFREEDOM.COM
Ph: (202) 780-4848
Party name: Advancing American Freedom