41 . Lair, 798 F. Cir. 1998) (nothing the Ninth Circuit "has applied less- than-strict, rigorous scrutiny to total restrictions on contributions''). 49 .793 F.3d 1, 32 (D.C. Cir. 2015), cert. denied sub nom. Miller v. FEC, - U.S. -, 136 S.Ct. 895, 193 L.Ed.2d 789 (2016); see also Wagner v. FEC, 854 F.Supp.2d 83, 95 (D.D.C. 2012), vacated on other grounds, 717 F.3d 1007 (D.C. Cir. 2013) (“If strict scrutiny were to apply to equal-protection claims in the area of campaign contributions, it would lead to the anomalous result that a statutory provision could survive closely drawn scrutiny under the First Amendment, but nevertheless be found to violate equal-protection guarantees because of its impingement upon the very same rights.”); Orin v. Barclay, 272 F.3d 1207, 1213 (9th Cir. 2001) (<HOLDING>); John E. Nowak, Ronald D. Rotunda & J. Nelson
holding that doctrine does not violate equal protection holding that an appellants equal protection claim which was premised on allegations of political discrimination flounders as it is a mere restatement of her failed first amendment claim holding that plaintiffs equal protection conspiracy claim which was the basis of the lawsuit was groundless and thus defendants were entitled to an award of attorneys fees holding that an equal protection claim was no more than a first amendment claim dressed in equal protection clothing and was thus subsumed by and coextensive with the first amendment claim holding that lprs are entitled to the protection of the equal protection clause