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Advocacy Blog
Monday, April 23, 2007
Changing Supreme Court and WRTL
According to a McClatchy Newspapers story; "Last week's ruling banning partial-birth abortions, revealed it. Coming up next, campaign reform will further clarify how President Bush's conservative appointments and the departure of former Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor have reshaped the court." Oral arguments in the Wisconsin Right to Life (WRTL) case will be heard this week, and expectantly, many are attempting predictions in light of the new court in Justice O'Conner's absence. And somehow last week's partial birth abortion ban foretells this changing court that may benefit WRTL. Yet, observers are unsure of the two new justices' views on campaign finance law. Roll Call ($$) has an article today with a run down of the case. And from a New York Times article:
If Alito takes the position of the dissenters" in the 2003 case, said Richard H. Pildes, a law professor at New York University, "that would represent a profound transformation in the power of Congress to reach campaign finance practices. The betting line is that he's likely to go that way.
Posted by Amanda Adams
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