Supreme Court Declines Challenge to Election Law

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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a lawsuit by a conservative group blocked from airing ads about same-sex marriage.

Last spring, the Christian Civic League of Maine attempted to run ads about the state's two U.S. senators, but a three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., halted the effort and the Supreme Court refused to step in at the time. On Monday, the court issued a one-line order saying the appeal is dismissed as moot.

Federal election law bars corporations or labor unions from paying for any radio or TV broadcast referring to a candidate for federal office within 30 days of a federal primary election or 60 days of a general election.

The league had wanted to run the ads in time for the Senate debate on a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. The proposal was defeated June 7.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061002/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_election_law_2

[NVMojo]

1. the crooks are protecting the crooked

[alfredo]

2. No, a theocratic group wanted to break election

laws, but was stopped.

[MaineDem]

3. Thank you! n/t