Government declines to seek SCOTUS review in EMILY’s List

December 17, 2009   •  By Jeff Patch
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SCOTUS Blog reports that the Obama administration has announced that it will not ask the Supreme Court to review EMILY’s List v. FEC. Today was the deadline for S.G. Elena Kagan to file cert.

Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter yesterday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi explaining the government’s decision. He referenced SpeechNow.org v. FEC, set for argument Jan. 27 before the full Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The Center for Competitive Politics and the Institute for Justice serve as co-consel for SpeechNow.org.

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CCP’s resource page for SpeechNow.org v. FEC is here, and CCP’s resource page for EMILY’s List v. FEC is here.

 

Jeff Patch

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