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Added a line about Dan Backer's involvement with the Federal Election Commission.
Backer was plaintiff's counsel in the 2011 case ''Carey v. FEC'', which allowed PACs not connected to corporations, unions, and trade associations to create super PACs within their structure, or hybrid PACs.<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2012/01/group-pushes-new-breed-of-super-pac-071337</ref> Backer argued prior laws governing campaign contributions "prohibit[ed] a non-connected political committee from soliciting and accepting unlimited contributions to one bank account designated for independent expenditures, while maintaining a second, separate bank account designated for source- and amount-limited contributions to candidates and their authorized political committees."<ref>https://transition.fec.gov/law/litigation/carey.shtml</ref> He claimed fewer spending restrictions give "policy-oriented PACs new electoral-oriented muscle."<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2012/01/group-pushes-new-breed-of-super-pac-071337</ref>
Backer was plaintiff's counsel in the 2011 case ''Carey v. FEC'', which allowed PACs not connected to corporations, unions, and trade associations to create super PACs within their structure, or hybrid PACs.<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2012/01/group-pushes-new-breed-of-super-pac-071337</ref> Backer argued prior laws governing campaign contributions "prohibit[ed] a non-connected political committee from soliciting and accepting unlimited contributions to one bank account designated for independent expenditures, while maintaining a second, separate bank account designated for source- and amount-limited contributions to candidates and their authorized political committees."<ref>https://transition.fec.gov/law/litigation/carey.shtml</ref> He claimed fewer spending restrictions give "policy-oriented PACs new electoral-oriented muscle."<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2012/01/group-pushes-new-breed-of-super-pac-071337</ref>
Backer has filed more than a dozen Advisory Opinion Requests with the Federal Election Commission, in support of free speech and associational rights.<ref>https://www.political.law/aors</ref>
== Political activity ==
== Political activity ==