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Advocacy Blog
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
WRTL Asks for Expedited Review
The plaintiffs in WRTL have asked for expedited review of the
case on remand to a special three-judge court in Washington D.C. From
the press
release:
Wisconsin Right to Life has asked the District of Columbia District
Court to expedite its case in WRTL v. FEC. This court had earlier
dismissed the case on the basis that the Supreme Court in McConnell v.
FEC had precluded all lawsuits based on the application of the
McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law. The Supreme Court on
January 23 removed this obstacle by unanimously deciding that
as-applied challenges to McCain-Feingold are valid. The case was
remanded back to the District Court.
"Throughout 2006, there are 30 day blackout periods before
each state’s federal primary elections
beginning with the Texas primary on March 7," stated Barbara Lyons,
Executive Director of Wisconsin Right to Life.
“Congress is in session throughout most
of this year, meaning that the creation of a grassroots lobbying
exception which we have requested would benefit groups that lobby
across the country. We have made the District Court aware of this
scenario."
BNA reports
(paid subscription required) that the FEC is resisting the effort to
expedite. "The FEC is expected to respond formally with its own motion
by Feb. 7, according to agency spokesman Ian Stirton. It is not known
yet whether the FEC will propose its own schedule for proceeding with
the case."
Posted by Jennifer Lowe
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