The Supreme Court on Monday said that its landmark ruling upholding the McCain-Feingold campaign reform law did not foreclose all First Amendment challenges to provisions restricting pre-election issue advertising. The Court remanded the case, which was argued before the justices on Jan. 17 -- a remarkably quick turnaround for a contentious issue. The ruling could invite other challenges to the law as applied in real-world situations not anticipated in the 2003 ruling McConnell v. FEC .
January 24, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The Supreme Court on Monday said that its landmark 2003 ruling upholding the McCain-Feingold campaign reform law did not foreclose all First Amendment challenges to provisions restricting pre-election issue advertising.
The Court remanded to a three-judge panel in Washington, D.C., the case of Wisconsin Right to Life Inc. v. Federal Election Commission, which was argued before the high court Jan. 17 — a remarkably quick turnaround for a contentious issue.
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