Federal Election Commission
FEC Advisory Opinion 2010-11 (Commonsense Ten)
Legal opinion · written 22 July 2010 · released 22 July 2010
Why this matters
The FEC opinion, following Citizens United and SpeechNow.org, that let a political committee making only independent expenditures raise unlimited contributions. It is the administrative birth certificate of the 'super PAC'. The opinion, request and comments are all in the file.
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The two-page opinion that created the super PAC.
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Federal Election Commission. "FEC Advisory Opinion 2010-11 (Commonsense Ten)." 22 July 2010. Released 22 July 2010. https://www.fec.gov/data/legal/advisory-opinions/2010-11/ (accessed via The Quiet Archive, QA-0085).