Posted March 23, 2007 by Legal Center Staff Briefs for WRTL's McCain-Feingold Challenge Filed in U.S. Supreme CourtA number of amicus curiae briefs were filed this week in the United States Supreme Court in Federal Election Commission and McCain, et al. v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. (WRTL) supporting WRTL in their as-applied constitutional challenge to the electioneering communications provisions of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA). A three-judge court agreed with WRTL that the electioneering communications provisions were unconstitutional as applied to certain broadcast ads which WRTL sought to run in 2004. WRTL also filed its brief on the merits this week, available here. Filing amicus briefs in support of WRTL were a number of organizations and individuals ranging from Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and the Republican National Committee to the NRA and the ACLU. Click here to access the briefs. Under the expedited briefing schedule, the reply brief of the congressional intervenors (appellants Senator John McCain, and Representatives Tammy Baldwin, Marty Meehan, and Chris Shays) is due April 18th. The Campaign Legal Center serves as co-counsel to the congressional intervenors. |
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