Bill Foster, Alan Grayson, Rep. Steve Kagen (WI-D), Angus King, et al.
Amici Curiae
Thomas Bennigson, Counsel of Record Bill Foster, Alan Grayson, Rep. Steve Kagen, and Angus King are joined in this brief by four other current or former political officeholders who funded their own political campaigns at some point. Thomas Bennigson is the cofounder and legal director of the Public Good Law Center, where he focuses on consumer protection, First Amendment, and civil rights law cases. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on February 22, 2011. This Court has long recognized that the increasing centrality of fundraising to…
