The Liberty Justice Center filed a petition on behalf of Nick Binotti, a government watchdog and constituent of State Senator Don Harmon, to intervene in an Illinois State Board of Elections proceeding involving allegations that Senator Harmon’s campaign committee violated the state’s campaign-finance contribution limits.
This case raises an important issue of equal enforcement of the law. While the Liberty Justice Center has long supported fewer restrictions on political speech and campaign contributions, when the government sets rules, those rules must be applied equally to everyone—including the politicians who wrote them.
The Board of Elections often deadlocks along partisan lines, allowing serious complaints to disappear without accountability. By intervening, Mr. Binotti seeks to ensure that this complaint receives full consideration and that the law is not quietly nullified by inaction. His intervention preserves the right to seek judicial review if the Board fails to act, promoting transparency and fairness in Illinois elections.
The Liberty Justice Center’s involvement underscores a simple principle: no one is above the law—not even those who helped write it.
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Jeffrey M. Schwab serves as Senior Counsel and Interim Director of Litigation at the Liberty Justice Center, where he litigates cases to protect the rights to free speech, economic liberty, private property and other Constitutional rights in both federal and state courts across the country.
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