Supreme Court blocks Wisconsin political ads

[fishface]

Posted 9/14/2004 7:31 PM



Supreme Court blocks Wisconsin political ads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to allow a Wisconsin anti-abortion group to run political ads this fall that criticize Democrats.
Wisconsin Right to Life had sought to run radio and television ads that mention Sen. Russell Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat up for re-election, despite a campaign finance law's restrictions on election-time political commercials. Feingold is also a co-author of the campaign law.

A lower court last month ruled the ads were illegal, but the Wisconsin group asked Chief Justice William Rehnquist to grant an injunction allowing the ads to air pending an appeal. The group contends the ads are not political campaigning.

In a two-page order, Rehnquist said the group had not provided enough evidence that the law violated free speech rights to justify the high court's intervention at this point.


http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/judicial/supremecourtopinions/2004-09-14-scotus-campaign-ads_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA

[Elidor]

1. Love that sig!

Nice

[SquireJons]

2. Lobotomies for Republicans?

Isn't that the definition of unnecessary surgery? I can just hear the surgeon now saying... "There must be a brain in here somewhere..."

How about something more just, like "Poverty for Republicans."