Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc.

Subject:

Campaign Financing, Election Law, Advertising

• Whether the three-judge district court erred in holding that the federal statutory prohibition on a corporation's use of general treasury funds to finance "electioneering communications" is unconstitutional as applied to three broadcast advertisements that appellee proposed to run in 2004.

• United States Supreme Court Decided: June 25, 2007

Resources:

• Docket Sheet From the U.S. Supreme Court.
• Northwestern University - Medill School of Journalism: On the Docket