Wisconsin Right to Life Case to be Considered by Supreme Court

As anticipated, the Supreme Court will consider the Wisconsin Right to Life (WRTL) case this term. The case deals with the ban on corporate and union funding of ads mentioning federal candidates 60 days before a general election, or 30 days before a primary. In December a three-judge court ruled that the WRTL ads in contention were constitutionally protected from the ban. The ruling was appealed, sending the case back to the Supreme Court to be considered this term, as of Friday's decision. According to a press release from James Bopp, the attorney for WRTL; "The Court is likely to hear oral argument in the case in April with a decision by late June." Read the story in the Washington Post and the New York Times.
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