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Justice, campaign finance law's sponsors seek stay of court's ruling
Associated Press ^ | 05-09-03

Posted on 05/09/2003 10:20:03 AM PDT by Brian S

Edited on 04/29/2004 2:02:31 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department has joined sponsors of the new campaign finance law in asking a federal court to suspend its ruling that struck down some of the law's restrictions.

Government attorneys defending the law asked the court for a stay Friday. The Justice Department, defending the law on behalf of it and the Federal Election Commission, sought the stay in consultation with the FEC.


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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: cfr; cfrlist; mccainfeingold; silenceamerica

1 posted on 05/09/2003 10:20:04 AM PDT by Brian S
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To: Brian S
What is John McCain afraid of?

Does he have serious competition in Arizona?

Somthing is rotten in France.
2 posted on 05/09/2003 10:24:33 AM PDT by mabelkitty
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To: *CFR List; *Silence, America!
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/bump-list
3 posted on 05/09/2003 10:38:05 AM PDT by Libertarianize the GOP (Ideas have consequences)
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To: Brian S
bttt
4 posted on 05/09/2003 10:39:31 AM PDT by firewalk
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To: Brian S
The logical thing is NOT to let an unconstitutional law be in effect when there are clearly expressed judicial decisions saying so. The logical thing is to fall back on the previous law that was NOT unconstitutional UNTIL the Supremes rule on the new law.
5 posted on 05/09/2003 10:51:19 AM PDT by RockBassCreek
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