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PRO-LIFECHALLENGE Campaign Finance "Reform" Complying and Living With McCain-Feingold: The Big Picture.
"This is a sad day for the freedom of speech," declared Justice Scalia in his dissent to the December 10 decision of the United States Supreme Court in McConnell v. FEC. The Court had just upheld nearly all of the McCain-Feingold legislation formally known as the Bipartisan Campaign Act of 2003 (BCRA). Scalia noted that the Court had recently "sternly disapproved of restrictions upon such inconsequential forms of expression as virtual child pornography... tobacco advertising... dissemination of illegally intercepted communications..., and sexually explicit cable programming." "Who could have imagined," Scalia continued, "that the same Court ... would smile with favor upon ...
- Some feel Congress went too far with campaign financing law.
- Newspaper article from: The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) September 8, 2003 700+ words
...interest groups told the U.S. Supreme Court Monday that congress "went too far" last year with a campaign regulation...restrictions, but upholding key ad restrictions, so-called "electioneering communications." The direct appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court was...
- Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer on Court Decision Yesterday...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire December 22, 2006 700+ words
...exemption from the "electioneering communications" provisions...case. The "electioneering communications" provisions were enacted by Congress to prevent corporations...funds. The "electioneering communications" provisions...
- Supreme Court Decision - The Constitutionality of the Bipartisan Campaign...
- News wire article from: Mondaq Business Briefing December 23, 2003 700+ words
...from funding electioneering communications, which are...upholding the new electioneering communications restrictions...corruption, and Congress enacted BCRA...included in the electioneering communications definition...
- Lobbying versus electioneering; A key campaign-finance law is back in the high...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor January 17, 2006 700+ words
...called electioneering communications can extend...the work of Congress in the often...ban on "electioneering communications." Mr...states that Congress shall make...The ban on electioneering communications closes an...
- Electioneering Ads at Issue for FEC.(Federal Election Commission)
- Magazine article from: Broadcasting & Cable Eggerton, John October 15, 2007 700+ words
...from the 'electioneering communications' rules to...prohibited 'electioneering communications' to exclude...addition, if the electioneering communications definition...running for Congress. Big media...
- The Impact of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act on Tax Exempt Organizations...
- News wire article from: Mondaq Business Briefing June 7, 2004 700+ words
...noted that Congress should receive...provisions: Electioneering Communications: restrictions...candidates. Electioneering Communications Upheld...Act's "electioneering communications" and other...
- Sovereign impunity.(Essay)
- Magazine article from: Independent Review Twight, Charlotte March 22, 2008 700+ words
...Constitution notwithstanding. Congress's actions regarding the...cases illustrate not only Congress's willful violation of...exceptionally clear example of Congress's deliberate abrogation...Under the rubric of "electioneering communications," BCRA section 203 sweeps...
- New Campaign Finance Law Poses Challenge for Broadcasters.(Reprint)
- News wire article from: Mondaq Business Briefing August 5, 2004 700+ words
...identification provisions reflect Congress's desire to hold candidates...transparency for voters, Congress's so called "stand by...political advertisers, Congress split jurisdiction over...public political files. Electioneering Communications The new law prohibits corporations...