Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. Federal Election Commission

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• holding that the FEC was “not entitled to Chevron deference with regard to” whether its interpretation of the FECA infringed the plaintiffs First Amendment right to communicate with its members
• addressing constitutional problems created by the Commission's interpretation of an undefined statutory term at step two of the Chevron analysis
• finding the presence of First Amendment speech claims to favor pre-enforcement ripeness when finality was conceded
• finding the presence of First Amendment speech claims to favor pre-enforcement ripeness when finality was conceded
• applying avoidance doctrine because agency’s interpretation would “preclude[ ] appellants from communicating on political subjects with thousands of persons, heretofore regarded by the Commission as members”
• “Nothing ... prevents the Commission from enforcing its rule at any time with, perhaps, another change of mind of one of the Commissioners.”

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