On Friday January 12, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and four members of Congress asked the Supreme Court to uphold the ban on the specific broadcast advertisements that Wisconsin Right to Life (WRTL) prepared to air. Yesterday, in response WRTL appealed to the Supreme Court to consider the case and rule this Term. It will not be determined until this Friday if the Supreme Court will hear the case during this Term. Bob Bauer has a blog today relating this case with the Washington Education Association case. Here he makes an interesting point, that to "support the state in these cases is to further the ongoing attack on the political power of unions, one of the bitter fruits of the progressive infatuation with the regulation of campaign finance."