doi:10.7916/7z06-cf32Oral history interview with Ellen L. Weintraub, 2020Weintraub, Ellenoral historiesmixed materialPresidents--United StatesCampaign funds--Law and legislation--United StatesCorporate speech--United StatesCorporations--Political activity--United StatesWeintraub, EllenObama, BarackUnited States. Federal Election CommissionUnited StatesBipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002Ellen Weintraub discusses her service since 2002 as a commissioner on the U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC). Weintraub provides an overview of the role and structure of the FEC and of the past and present of the campaign finance regulations that govern American elections, including the Supreme Court jurisprudence on campaign finance, the trend of campaigns refusing public financing for federal elections, and the rise of dark money in federal elections, which accelerated following the Supreme Court's decision in Citizen's United v. FEC (2010). Weintraub focuses on the asymmetric polarization of the FEC over the period of her tenure, as Republican-appointed commissioners have increasingly voted as a bloc, and in opposition to petitions for both investigations and enforcement actions of possible violations of campaign finance rules. Weintraub also discusses the rule-making that followed the McCain-Feingold Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, the need for rule-making to keep pace with online political activity, Weintraub's advisory opinion deferring to states' definition of spouses for rules on spousal campaign contributions after the Supreme Court's decision in U.S. v. Windsor (2013), and the effects of the increasingly conservative composition of the Supreme Court on campaign finance regulations