WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (LSN) – Yesterday, the US Supreme Court let stand a ruling widening the boundaries of campaign advertising not subject to control by the Federal Election Commission. In 1995 the commission restricted pro-lifers from using ads saying “vote pro-life’‘, along with a list of candidates supporting life and those not.
The regulation was challenged by the Maine Right to Life Committee, and a U.S. appeals court struck it down for violating First Amendment free-speech guarantees under the Constitution. The Federal Election Commission tried to appeal the case but the justices denied the government’s appeal Monday without any comment or dissent.
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