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Tag Archives: Litigation
Supreme Court May Review FEC Disclosure Requirements
BNA Money & Politics Reports ($) reports that the Supreme Court may have an opportunity to review whether the Federal Election Commission (“FEC”) disclosure requirements applicable to certain political communications are constitutional. One of the cases, Real Truth About Obama, … Continue reading
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Congressional Democrats May Drop Citizens United Legislation Soon
The New York Times reports that the White House and Congressional Democrats are close to introducing legislation designed to chill corporate political speech in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. Apparently, the legislation’s sponsors intend to use … Continue reading
Speculation Grows That Justice Stevens Will Soon Retire, Setting The Stage For A Confirmation Battle
Multiple articles published this morning discuss the possibility that U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens will soon retire. Apparently, U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan and two federal appellate court judges are among the White House’s top candidates to fill a … Continue reading
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RNC v. FEC – Federal Court Upholds National Party Committee Soft Money Ban
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit released its opinion in Republican National Committee v. Federal Election Commission. The Court upheld McCain-Feingold’s soft money ban for national party committees. The Associated Press reports that RNC Chairman Michael … Continue reading
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SpeechNow.org v. FEC – Federal Court Strikes Contribution Limits To Independent Expenditure Groups
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit released its opinion this morning in SpeechNow.org v. FEC. The court held that the contribution limits applicable to committees engaging solely in independent expenditures violate the First Amendment, but upheld the … Continue reading
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Solicitor General Defends FEC’s Alternate Definition Of Express Advocacy In Filing With The United States Supreme Court
BNA Money & Politics Reports published an article discussing the Solicitor General’s filing opposing Real Truth About Obama, Inc.’s (“RTAO”) petition for certiorari with the United States Supreme Court in Real Truth About Obama, Inc. v. Federal Election Commission. According … Continue reading
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Citizens United – States Changing Laws To Comply With Decision
The Washington Post published a piece discussing the actions taken by a number of states to comply with the United States Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC.
Unions Gain Most From Citizens United Decision
The Hill published an article resulting from an interview with an attorney for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In the article, the attorney states his belief that the unions will gain the most from the Citizens United holding and that … Continue reading
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Washington Post Conducts Poll On Citizens United
The Washington Post published an article this morning releasing the results of a poll on whether respondents support or oppose the Supreme Court’s holding in Citizens United v. FEC. The article states that respondents overwhelmingly oppose the Citizens United holding … Continue reading
SpeechNow.org v. FEC Arguments Today
The Center for Competitive Politics issued a press release reminding folks that the SpeechNow.org v. FEC case is scheduled for arguments today before the entire U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. This is one of the cases to … Continue reading
FEC Issues Statement On Citizens United Decision
The statement can be found here.
Citizens United v. FEC – Initial Thoughts
Score one for the First Amendment. Today, the United States Supreme Court reaffirmed our national commitment to free speech. In sum, more speech is better than less speech. The electorate and constituents are better off with more information rather than … Continue reading
U.S. Supreme Court Announces Special Session – Citizens United?
Via SCOTUS Blog, the U.S. Supreme Court announced a special session scheduled for tomorrow morning at 10 am. Apparently this is an unusual move by the Court – your guess is as good as mine as to whether the Citizens … Continue reading
No Citizens United Today
SCOTS Blog reports that the opinion in Citizens United will not be released today. The next opportunity appears to be Monday. And so we wait . . .
U.S. Supreme Court to Release Opinions Wednesday
SCOTUS Blog reports that the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to release opinions tomorrow. Time will tell if Citizens United is among them.