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Friday, July 15, 2005

Decision on Shays Meehan
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today affirmed “in all respects” the district court decision in Shays v. FEC.

The district court had invalidated fifteen FEC regulations implementing BCRA, finding some inconsistent with BCRA and others arbitrary and capricious. The FEC appealed the district court decision with regard to five of the rules: standards for “coordinated communication,” definitions of the terms “solicit” and “direct,” the interpretation of “electioneering communication,” allocation rules for state party employee salaries, and a de minimis exemption from allocation rules governing Levin fund contributions.

Check it out for yourself!

Posted by Jennifer Lowe, 01:40:57 PM

Tuesday, July 12, 2005

NAACP Conference
Julian Bond, chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, told participants at the organization's annual convention, in Milwaukee, that national leaders are hindering efforts to battle racism, the Associated Press reports. In the last year, the Baltimore organization has been investigated by the Internal Revenue Service, which said officials from the group made political statements against the Bush administration that were partisan in nature, and therefore violated the organization's nonprofit status. The group has denied the charge.

Posted by Jennifer Lowe, 11:37:44 AM

Monday, July 11, 2005

Are C4s Next?
The freedom of speech enjoyed by C4s may be the next thing under attack. An artice on Bloomberg.com jumps to the conclusion that the money currently being given to 527 organizations will pour into C4s - and is already resulting in the reformation of numerous 527s into C4s.