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| | | McCain, et al., v. Wisconsin Right to Life (docket #: 06-970) (2007)
[Findlaw]
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Secondary Link
| McCain, et al., v. Wisconsin Right to Life
[Legal Information Institute]
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Argument Date
| 04/25/2007 |
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Decided
| 6/25/2007 |
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Supreme Court Vote
| 5-4 |
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Note
| This case was consolidated with Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. Three Justices would overrule the McConnell decision on the facts of this case; Justice Alito was also sympathetic to that possibility. |
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| | | Issue | Whether the three-judge district court erred in holding that Section 203 of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA), 2 U.S.C. § 441b, is unconstitutional as applied to the three advertisements that appellee Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. sought to broadcast in 2004. | |
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Supreme Court Times Link
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Majority Opinion
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Roberts, J. |
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Concurring Opinion
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Scalia, J. (concurring in part & concurring in the judgment, joined by Kennedy, J., & Thomas, J.) |
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Dissenting Opinion
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Souter, J. (joined by Stevens, J., Ginsburg, J., & Breyer, J.) |
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Certiorari Granted
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01/19/2007 |
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Lower Court
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District Court for the District of Columbia |
| Lawyers |
Paul D. Clement (Solicitor General)
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Seth P. Waxman (Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr) for Appellants Sen. John McCain et al.
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| Tony Mauro Analysis |
"Court seems ready to chip away at campaign-finance law"
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