BUSH APPOINTS RNC HEAD WHO IS NOT PRO-LIFE Yesterday President Bush tapped Marc Racicot, a former governor of Montana, to head the Republican National Committee. ABC news reports that “many social conservatives have expressed doubts about Racicot’s fidelity to certain principles held by many members of the party’s membership base – His positions on abortion, school choice, taxes, unions, and gay rights have all come in for criticism.” https://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/abc/20011205/pl/racicot011205_1.html
FLA. COURT RULES CANDIDATES CAN DONATE TO NON-PROFITS AP reports the federal appeals court overturned a Florida law banning political candidates from contributing personal or campaign funds to nonprofit groups, saying it violates the groups’ right to free speech and free association. Upholding a challenge by Florida Right to Life, a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta said the law unlawfully curtailed the ability of religious, civic and political groups to solicit and receive candidate donations. https://www.floridatoday.com/!NEWSROOM/localstoryA6620A.htm