American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
Amicus Curiae
Laurence E. Gold, Counsel of Record The AFL-CIO is a federation of 54 nationaland international labor organizations with a total membership of 10 millionworking men and women. It was a plaintiff in the original lawsuit challengingthe constitutionality of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA). Laurence E.Gold is a lawyer with the firm Lichtman, Trister & Ross, where hespecializes in campaign finance, election, and tax law. He received his lawdegree from Cornell University in 1980. Thefollowing is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for theAppellee as submitted to the U.S.Supreme Court on March 23, 2007. In McConnellv. Federal Election Commission…
