Court Denies Injunction for Ads in Maine

From BNA; A three-judge federal district court in Washington, D.C., denied a bid by a nonprofit corporation in Maine May 9 seeking to block the Federal Election Commission from enforcing restrictions on funding of political advertising under the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (Christian Civic League Of Maine Inc. v. FEC, D. D.C., No. 06-614, 5/9/06). The unanimous three-judge district court said in a 14-page opinion that it would not grant a preliminary injunction because CCL would not be irreparably harmed by enforcement of the law. The court noted that CCL could sponsor its ads simply by using a federal political action committee to pay the costs. An FEC-registered PAC would have to take limited contributions only from individuals and would have to disclose its contributors.
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