IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

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Republican National Committee, et al., ) 

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 Plaintiffs, ) 

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 v. ) Civ. No. 08-1953 (BMK, RJL, RMC) 

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Federal Election Commission, et al., ) THREE-JUDGE COURT 

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 Defendants. ) 

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INTERVENOR-DEFENDANT REPRESENTATIVE CHRISTOPHER VAN HOLLEN’S 

SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION 

FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

 Pursuant to the Court’s Order dated May 5, 2009 (“the May 5 Order”), IntervenorDefendant Representative Christopher Van Hollen, Jr. (“Intervenor”) respectfully submits this 

Supplemental Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment. 

 The May 5 Order compelled Plaintiffs Republican National Committee (“RNC”), 

California Republican Party (“CRP”), and Republican Party of San Diego County (“SDRP”) to 

produce documents responsive to Intervenor’s February 23, 2009 discovery requests and 

permitted the deposition of RNC Chairman Michael Steele, which took place on June 1, 2009. 

 Intervenor maintains that the disposition of this case is not dependant on a factual 

inquiry; Plaintiffs’ claims are foreclosed by the Supreme Court’s decision in McConnell v. FEC, 

540 U.S. 93 (2003), and therefore fail as a matter of law. However, Plaintiffs’ legal theory is 

fact-dependant; Plaintiffs contend that the constitutionality of Title I of the Bipartisan Campaign 

Reform Act of 2002 (“BCRA”), as applied to this case, turns on (1) Plaintiffs’ ultimate use of 

soft money, and (2) how Plaintiffs purport to conduct their soft-money fundraising operations. 

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 Accordingly, for the purpose of preserving a full record, Intervenor hereby submits the 

transcript of the deposition of Chairman Steele, with supporting exhibits (Exhibit 1). Chairman 

Steele’s testimony supports, inter alia, the following arguments made in Intervenor’s March 9, 

2009 Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment: 

1. Plaintiffs’ intended redistricting activities will affect federal elections, (Steele Dep. June 

1, 2009, 76:12-21); (Mem. in Opp’n to Pls.’ Mot. for Summ. J. 33); 

2. Plaintiffs’ intended activities in New Jersey and Virginia may have an impact on future 

federal elections, (Steele Dep. 99:15-102:19); (Mem. in Opp’n to Pls.’ Mot. for Summ. J. 35-36); 

3. Plaintiffs’ intended “grassroots lobbying” activities, which Chairman Steele is unwilling 

to define with specificity, will affect future federal elections, (Steele Dep. 80:1-82:20); (Mem. in 

Opp’n to Pls.’ Mot. for Summ. J. 34-35); 

4. Information about the identity of soft-money donors can be conveyed to federal 

officeholders and candidates, even if that information is not directly shared by Plaintiffs, (Steele 

Dep. 63:8-20); (Mem. in Opp’n to Pls.’ Mot. for Summ. J. 30); and 

5. Permitting soft-money donations to national political parties will shift funds that are 

currently spent on the RNC’s proposed activities towards direct federal campaign activity, 

thereby conferring a direct benefit on federal candidates and meeting the terms of Plaintiffs’ own 

test for when congressional regulation is permissible, (Steele Dep. 70:11-76:11); (Mem. in 

Opp’n to Pls.’ Mot. for Summ. J. 32). 

CONCLUSION

 For the foregoing reasons, and the reasons set forth in Intervenor’s Memorandum in 

Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment, Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary 

Judgment should be denied. 

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Dated this 18th day of June 2009. 

 

Respectfully submitted, 

 /s Randolph D. Moss 

Roger M. Witten (D.C. Bar No. 163261) 

Lauren E. Baer 

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE 

AND DORR LLP 

399 Park Avenue 

New York, NY 10022 

Tel.: (212) 230-8800 

Fax: (212) 230-8888 

E-mail: roger.witten@wilmerhale.com 

Seth P. Waxman (D.C. Bar No. 257337) 

Randolph D. Moss (D.C. Bar No. 417749) 

Francesco Valentini (D.C. Bar. No. 986769) 

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE 

AND DORR LLP 

1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

Tel.: (202) 663-6000 

Fax: (202) 663-6363 

E-mail: randolph.moss@wilmerhale.com 

Donald J. Simon (D.C. Bar No. 256388) 

SONOSKY, CHAMBERS, SACHSE, 

ENDRESON & PERRY LLP 

1425 K Street. N.W., Suite 600 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

Tel.: (202) 682-0240 

Fax: (202) 682-0249 

Email: dsimon@sonosky.com 

Fred Wertheimer (D.C. Bar No. 154211) 

DEMOCRACY 21 

1875 I Street, N.W., Suite 500 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

Tel.: (202) 429-2008 

Fax: (202) 293-2660 

E-mail: FWertheimer@democracy21.org 

Counsel for Intervenor-Defendant 

 Representative Christopher Van Hollen, Jr.

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