Analysis: Two precedents in jeopardy

SCOTUSblog by Lyle Denniston | Sep. 9, 2009 (News Analysis)

(Blog Post) If supporters of federal curbs on political campaign spending by corporations were counting on Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., to hesitate to strike down such restrictions, they could take no comfort from the Supreme Court’s 93-minute hearing Wednesday on that historic question. Despite the best efforts of four other Justices to argue for ruling only very narrowly, the strongest impression was that they had not ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: U.S. Supreme Court, Campaign Finance, Money and Politics
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Posted by: via Memeorandum - Sep 9, 2009 - 10:32 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Tony Litwinko (review)
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Sep 9, 2009 - 10:32 AM PDT
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 by Tony Litwinko - Sep. 9, 2009

Obviously based on transcripts and/or attendance at the hearings, the reporter has paid attention to the facts of the case and has done homework about the precedents. This is also a good job of reporting in showing the implied conflict between the more conservative members of the court and the Obama administration. This is obviously a progressive/liberal viewpoint presented here, because it states that the precedents are "in jeopardy" (whereas a proponent of the appellant's point of ... More »

This is one of the most important issues of our time, and as members of the Progressive community know, this may well open the floodgates to ... More »

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