Topic: U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court considered on Monday its first campaign finance case since ruling last year that corporations have the free-speech right to spend freely to support or oppose federal candidates.The justices appeared divided along conservative-liberal lines in hearing arguments ...
Where power goes, corruption sometimes tries to follow. In the spirit of putting our money where our mouth is, let's find out how money can amount to free speech.. The Supreme Court has struggled with this question a few times.. Back in ...
With the 2008 presidential election fast approaching, you've probably heard more about how much money candidates are raising than the issues they stand behind. This is because campaign finance is big business and one of the most important parts of modern elections ...
Federal appeals court: Campaign reporting requirements from small groups is unconstitutionalA federal appellate court says a Colorado voter-approved amendment that limits campaign contributions from small groups is unconstitutional.A 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Tuesday in favor of six homeowners ...
As the midterm election cycle drew to a close, the flurry of media attention around whether the election was or was not a ? The Supreme Court has indicated its support for such corporate expenditures, particularly through its holding in the Citizens ...
They say that her lack of judicial experience is not a disqualification, that others, like Rehnquist and Marshall were never judges before becoming Justices of the Supreme Court. " However, we all remember when Obama rebuked the members of the Supreme Court ...
As American companies and unions mobilize to organize Political Action Committees (PACs) with an eye to the upcoming mid-term elections, it is worth taking a step back to ask: The court found 5-4 that the Federal Election Commission (FEC) regulations created by ...
Federal appeals court throws out part of Connecticut's public campaign financing lawA federal appeals court ruling on Tuesday threw out part of Connecticut's public campaign financing law and further handicapped the concept of giving extra money to publicly funded candidates who are ...
State responses to Supreme Court's election spending ruling range from defiant to confused The U.S. Supreme Court's rejection of decades-old campaign spending limits gives states scant time to face an election-year dilemma:FEC, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the government could not ...
Lawmakers pledge quick action to lessen effects of Supreme Court election ruling Lawmakers said Tuesday they might counter the recent Supreme Court ruling on campaign money, along with the blizzard of special interest spending that could result, by making corporations and unions ...
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