A federal court on Thursday ordered the Federal Election Commission to rule on pending complaints that allege the National Rifle Association used shell entities to illegally coordinate campaign spending with federal candidates, including with the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump.In 2019, the Washington-based nonpartisan watchdog group Campaign Legal Center Action sued the FEC on behalf of the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a gun-control advocacy group led by former Democr

Matthew M. Rosendale( Mont.) are named as defendants in the lawsuit, and GOP Sens.... The NRA told The Washington Post in a statement that the lawsuit is “ as misguided as it is transparent.” “ Another premeditated abuse of the public by our adversaries — who will stop at nothing in their pursuit of their anti-freedom agenda, ” the organization said.... An FEC spokesman declined to comment. The Giffords lawsuit comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a significant gun-rights case Wednes

The regulation will be in effect while the administration appeals the ruling to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans — and potentially the Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined with the court's three liberal members to form the majority.... Manufacturers must also run background checks before a sale — as they do with other commercially made firearms.... O' Connor wrote that the definition of a firearm in federal law does not cover all th

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