The Supreme Court weakened provisions of the "McCain-Feingold" Campaign Finance Law in an opinion on Monday (FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, 466 F. Supp. 2d 195) that had prohibited pro-life groups from running advertising two months before the 2004 elections.
Weakening provisions in the campaign law will now allow corporations, unions and other special interest groups to run issue ads which the Supreme Ct. determined in a 5-4 decision that provisions of McCain-Feingold violated the 1st Amendment.
In another case, the Justices determined that tax-payers may not challenge the White House initiative that helps religious charities obtain federal grants. In a case decided Monday (Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. 433 F. 3d 989) the Justices reversed a decision from the 7th Circuit Ct. of Appeals.
