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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

“High court to revisit part of law that limits campaign ads; Provision before justices today bans certain ads by corporations, unions”: Joan Biskupic has this article today in USA Today.

Today in The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin reports that “Court Weighs Campaign Ads; Curbs on Firms, Unions In Run-Up to Elections May Ride on Alito Vote” (free access).

In The Washington Post, Robert Barnes and Matthew Mosk report that “Justices to Consider Finance Law Limits; Campaign Issue Hits Court for 3rd Time.” The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled “Judging Campaign Ads: A different Supreme Court revisits the McCain-Feingold law on election financing.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Campaign funding rule before Supreme Court; A McCain-Feingold ban on corporate and union-sponsored ads before elections could be overturned or weakened.”

The Associated Press reports that “Federal Election Law Faces Challenge.”

The New York Times contains an editorial entitled “A Test for the Roberts Court.”

In The Washington Times, Bradley A. Smith and Stephen M. Hoersting have an op-ed entitled “McCain-Feingold and free speech.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston previews the oral argument in a post titled “Election season begins: Argument 4/25/07.”

Posted at 7:48 AM by Howard Bashman



The Houston Chronicle is reporting: Today’s newspaper reports that “Bible battle ruled moot; Panel rejects the county’s request to vacate trial verdict that courthouse display was illegal.” My earlier coverage of yesterday’s en banc Fifth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

In other news, “A&M officials retain immunity from Bonfire lawsuits.” My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Fifth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

And an article reports that “Human smuggler could return to prison; 5th Circuit says judge misapplied sentencing rules in truck deaths case.” You can access last week’s Fifth Circuit ruling at this link.

Posted at 6:50 AM by Howard Bashman