Court clips campaign-finance law
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In a 5-to-4 ruling, the Supreme Court justices say Wisconsin issue ads did not violate McCain-Feingold act.
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DailyKos, an influential political Web site that serves as a virtual bulletin board for liberals, qualifies as a media entity exempt from federal campaign finance regulations
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The court bolstered President Bush's prospects in this battleground state, ruling that Ralph Nader could appear on the November ballot.
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New Yorkâs campaign finance laws allow former candidates to keep spending unused contributions.
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Federal Election Commission may appeal ruling that campaign finance and spending limits must apply online.
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F red Wertheimer is not what you would call laid-back. Earlier this year, the veteran government reformer canceled a two-week vacation to Sicily so he could attend oral arguments before the Supreme Court in an important campaign finance case -- even though he was not making the arguments himself.
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It was a great day for Democrats - and cause for fighting words from Republicans. First the state Supreme Court ruled that King County, a stronghold for Democrat Christine
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The Supreme Court loosened political advertising restrictions aimed at corporate- and union-funded television ads Monday, a ruling that could give interest groups a louder and more influential voice in the 2008 presidential election.
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WASHINGTON -- A judge has struck down more than a dozen of the government&#39;s current rules on political fund raising with just weeks before Election Day, concluding federal regulators improperly weakened the nation&#39;s campaign finance law.
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The Supreme Court is expected to rule Friday on rerunning the country&#39;s disputed presidential election. By Fred Weir and Helen Womack | Correspondents of The Christian Science Monitor.
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The Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with the question of whether taxpayers have the right to challenge the White House's aggressive promotion of federal financial aid for religious charities.
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By Ron Sylvester, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Sep. 11--A Sedgwick County district judge who has pushed for campaign reform in judicial elections for 10 years has asked a federal judge in Topeka to let him join a lawsuit against the commission that wants to keep candidates silent.
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When a state Senate race just north of New York City wound up too close to call, each side accused the other of mischief &#151; like intimidating old ladies at the polls or importing voters from the Bronx &#151; and went to court. Three months later, it's still there.
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President Bush's campaign on Friday filed its second lawsuit in a month against the Federal Election Commission in federal court in Washington, this time accusing the commission of failing to enforce the nation's campaign finance laws.
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The Supreme Courtâs 5-4 ruling today opened a significant loophole in the 2002 McCain-Feingold law and may affect the strategy of the 2008 campaigns.
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The US Supreme Court gave opponents of Texas&#39;s new federal voting districts a new chance to challenge the plan, which may add as many as six Republicans to the state&#39;s congressional delegation in the Nov. 2 election.
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A seemingly divided Supreme Court considered Wednesday whether the free speech rights of cattle ranchers are violated by a federal law requiring them to help fund a government-sponsored