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Advocacy Blog
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Supreme Court Still Not Decided whether it will Review Citizens United Case
The U.S. Supreme Court did not consider the Citizens United case during its February 15 conference, and now a decision on whether the Court will review the challenge to Federal Election Commission (FEC) rules will wait until February 22. Citizens United is a 501(c)(4) organization claiming that television ads for its film, Hillary: The Movie, should not be subject to donor disclosure requirements under FEC rules. Citizens United's lawyer James Bopp had previously requested that the Court rule on the case during its current term. The government has asked the group's lawsuit be dismissed, claiming that previous Supreme Court decisions have supported disclosure of the financial sources of electioneering messages.
BNA Money and Politics ($$) reports that the "court had been scheduled to consider the motions in the Citizens United case during a private conference of the justices on Feb. 15, but no result was announced when orders in dozens of other cases were made public late Feb. 15 and again on Feb. 19."
Posted by Amanda Adams
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