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July 16, 2005BELTWAY BLOGROLL
The Court Speaks On Campaign Finance
A federal appeals court's Friday ruling on campaign finance law triggered a ripple of reactions in the blogosphere.
The decision upheld an earlier opinion that the Federal Election Commission had imposed regulations that undermined a 2002 campaign finance law. The lower court had ordered the agency to adopt 15 new rules, and the FEC had asked the appeals court to drop five of those demands. "We affirm [the district court's ruling] in all respects," the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said.
Allison Hayward, a former lawyer at the FEC, offers ongoing analysis of the latest decision at Skeptic's Eye (see here, here and here. Rick Hasen of Election Law also shared his insights.
Mark Tapscott of the Heritage Foundation ranted against the ruling at Tapscott's Copy Desk. He lamented that the decision is evidence that under current legal precedent, "Congress can pass laws regulating First Amendment rights, and the federal courts will uphold those laws."
Captain's Quarters has posts here and here, and The Lonely Centrist commented, too.
Posted by dglover at July 16, 2005 08:53 PM
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