On January 4, the U.S. Supreme Court gave the Federal Election Commission a 30-day delay in filing a response in Cao v FEC, 10-776. This is the case in which the national Republican Party and one of its past congressional nominees challenge part of the McCain-Feingold law. The case concerns the spending limit on political party speech, if that speech mentions one of the party’s congressional nominees and in which that speech is coordinated with the nominee.
The FEC’s response is now due on February 11. The Court has not yet decided whether to hear this case.
Anybody see anything in the 1st Amdt about any coordinated speech ???
IF the MORON lawyers had ANY brains they would get off their a. and do some basic research.
Gee – already done — See the book —
Sources of Our Liberties edited by Richard L. Perry (1959, American Bar Association).
The EVIL tyrannical Brits in 1764-1775 did attempt to limit the items in 1st Amdt in the then Brit-American colonies – speech, press, assemble, petition.
See most of the 1776-1789 State Constitutions – Bills of Rights.
NO Einstein needed to detect where the 1st Amdt language came from.
Too difficult for armies of LAZY lawyers to understand.