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First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

RNC urges Supreme Court to strike campaign-finance limits

The Republican National Committee urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to strike down certain limits on campaign contributions, saying they're a violation of the First Amendment.The RNC filed its opening brief in a case challenging limits on the total amount ... [Published The Hill - May 07 2013]

Entities: Republican National Committee, Donor, Supreme Court, First Amendment, Quid pro quo

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Will the Federal Election Commission Ever Work Again?

Federal Election Commissioner Caroline Hunter’s term expired on April 30. This wouldn’t be newsworthy except for one thing: It means that as of now, all the members of the agency that enforces the nation’s campaign laws—and is supposed to oversee the ... [Published BusinessWeek - May 03 2013]

Entities: Federal Election Commission, Citizens United, James Bopp, Elections

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Abortion doc's trial fuels pro-life movement

in Washington, DC. (Brendan Hoffman/Get Anti-abortion activists are harnessing the outrage generated over the trial of a Philadelphia abortion doctor to pressure lawmakers to pass more restrictive abortion laws.The activists say that the trial of 72-year-old ... [Published Yahoo! News - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Abortion, Gosnell (United States), Pro-Life, Anti-Abortion

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Barack Obama

FEC Expired Terms Prompt Calls for Obama to Keep Promise

Federal Election Commissioner Caroline Hunter’s term expires today, which means all of the commission members are now serving on borrowed time.It’s the latest embarrassment for the Obama administration and the FEC, which for years has been stymied because ... [Published Bloomberg - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Elections, Barack Obama, Larry Noble, James Bopp

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

The real Gosnell conspiracy

I want to revise some of my earlier statements. There is, in fact, a conspiracy around the case of Philadelphia doctor Kermit Gosnell. But it?s being engineered not by a mainstream media cowed by the left out of covering his trial, but by the antiabortion ... [Published Salon - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Gosnell (United States), Abortion, Conspiracy, Pro-Life

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

What Happened to the Incremental Approach Among Anti-Choice Politicians?

A few years ago in Ohio, the biggest fight between anti-choice activists was whether the state should pass a 20-week “fetal pain” ban or a six-week heartbeat ban . The discourse became so great that the movement leaders began weighing in; old-school advocate ... [Published RHRealityCheck - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Abortion, James Bopp, National Right To Life Committee

First reported Feb 19 2013 - Updated Feb 20 2013 - 2 reports

Supreme court to consider lifting caps on donations from individuals

Justices agree to hear challenge by Republicans to limits on how much individuals can donate to political campaigns Three years after easing limits on corporate political donations in the Citizens United decision, the US supreme court has agreed to consider ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Feb 20 2013]

Entities: Citizens United, Donations, First Amendment, Richard Hasen

First reported Jan 31 2013 - Updated Jan 31 2013 - 1 reports

Three years after 'Citizens United,' more campaign finance cases loom

The third anniversary of Citizens United was lost in the shadows of a presidential inauguration and the birthday of a landmark abortion decision. But fallout from the ruling lives on at the Supreme Court. The justices on February 15 will consider three ... [Published Law.com - Newswire - Jan 31 2013]

Entities: Citizens United, James Bopp, Fallout, Abortion

Quotes

..."Republicans would not permit it," Bopp says. "that would be a death struggle. they have plenty of political power to prevent that from happening."

Will the Federal Election Commission Ever Work Again? [Published BusinessWeek - May 03 2013]

...for National RightRight to Life, told Yahoo News that the case gives fuel to the argument that abortion clinics should be more strictly regulated. "when the realities of abortion are exposed to the public, it tends to be a rather gruesome business and people do react to that" Bopp said...

Abortion doc's trial fuels pro-life movement [Published Yahoo! News - Apr 29 2013]

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RNC urges Supreme Court to strike campaign-fina... [Published The Hill - May 07 2013]
Will the Federal Election Commission Ever Work ... [Published BusinessWeek - May 03 2013]
FEC Expired Terms Prompt Calls for Obama to Kee... [Published Bloomberg - Apr 30 2013]
Abortion doc's trial fuels pro-life movement [Published Yahoo! News - Apr 29 2013]
The real Gosnell conspiracy [Published Salon - Apr 17 2013]
What Happened to the Incremental Approach Among... [Published RHRealityCheck - Apr 16 2013]
Will Kermit Gosnell change the abortion debate? [Published Washington Post - Apr 15 2013]
Criticize a Judge (or Anyone Else), Go to Jail? [Published REASON Online - Feb 25 2013]
Criticize a Judge (or Anyone Else), Go to Jail? [Published Hit & Run - Feb 25 2013]
Supreme court to consider lifting caps on donat... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Feb 20 2013]
The Next Citizens United? SCOTUS Takes First Am... [Published Breitbart Feed - Feb 19 2013]
Three years after 'Citizens United,' more campa... [Published Law.com - Newswire - Jan 31 2013]
With Campaign Trail Flooded by Cash, Political ... [Published PBS - Sep 21 2012]

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Criticize a Judge (or Anyone Else), Go to Jail? [Published Hit & Run - Feb 25 2013] <p><img alt="" height="206" src="http://reason.com/assets/mc/jsullum/2013_02/Daniel-Brewington.jpg" title="Daniel Brewington\|\|\|Daniel Brewington" width="275" style="float: right;"/>Daniel Brewington was not happy with the way thatDearborn County, Indiana, ...
The Next Citizens United? SCOTUS Takes First Am... [Published Breitbart Feed - Feb 19 2013] The Supreme Court will hear arguments in what could be the next Citizens United, considering whether a central part of the nation’s foundational federal campaign-finance law violates the First Amendment. In 1971, Congress passed the Federal Election ...