Perot v. Federal Election Commission, 553 F.3d 97 (D.C. Cir. 1996),[1] is a case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia filed by U.S. presidential candidate and businessman Ross Perot and his running mate Pat Choate, in response to the Commission on Presidential Debates changing its rules for the 1996 United States presidential election debates to not include Perot. Paul Kirk, the co-chairman of the commission, stated that "Our decision, was made on the basis that only President Clinton and Senator Dole have a realistic chance, as set forth in our criteria, to be elected the next president of the United States."[2] The court rejected an argument that the Federal Election Commission (FEC) violated the Constitution by delegating authority to a private entity, the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD).[3][4]
| Perot v. Federal Election Commission | |
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| Court | United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |
| Full case name | Ross Perot, Pat Choate, and Perot '96, Inc., Appellants, v. Federal Election Commission, and the Commission on Presidential Debates, Appellees. |
| Argued | October 3 1996 |
| Decided | October 4 1996 |
| Citation | 553 F.3d [1] |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Circuit Judges Laurence Silberman, A. Raymond Randolph, Judith W. Rogers |
| Case opinions | |
| Per curiam | |
References
edit- ^ "FindLaw's United States DC Circuit case and opinions". Findlaw. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- ^ "AllPolitics - Perot Out Of Debates". www.cnn.com. September 17, 1996. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- ^ Pierce, Richard J. (2010). Administrative Law Treatise: The Administrative Process. p. 130.
- ^ Selected Court Case Abstracts, Volume 18. FEC Information Division. 2002. p. 257.
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