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Federal Appeals Court Voids Campaign Finance Reform Rules
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| "The First Amendment, as the Court has construed it, safeguards
| the right of citizens to band together and pool their resources .
| . . to express their views about policy issues and candidates for
| public office," Kavanaugh wrote in his 44-page opinion.
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| A FEC spokeswoman, Judith Ingram, said officials were reviewing
| the opinion.
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| The challenge by Emily's List is just one of several assaults on
| campaign finance laws and regulations in the courts. Last week, in
| a case with high stakes for campaign finance advocates, the
| Supreme Court heard arguments in an appeal that seeks to strip
| decades of restrictions on corporate support of candidates.
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| "We in the reform community are seeking attacks on all fronts of
| campaign finance laws," said Tara Malloy, associate counsel at the
| Campaign Legal Center, a nonprofit group that supports campaign
| finance reform.
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| Friday's ruling will be felt next year and in 2012, the experts
| said.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/18/AR2009091801698.html?hpid=topnews
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Federal Judge Issues Blistering Decision on Failure of SEC to Police Banksters: Oscar Wilde Weighs In
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| As reported previously, the court was weighing the
| appropriateness of a $33 million fine the SEC levied against
| BofA for failing to notify shareholders about a massive bonus
| package paid to Merrill Lynch executives when BofA acquired
| Merrill in September of 2008.
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http://www.prwatch.org/node/8553
Lobbyists urge FCC to loosen up
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| US wireless lobbyist The CTIA is drawing on UK regulator Ofcom's
| research to convince the FCC that an unregulated market is a competitive
| market.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/11/ctia_ofcom/
Connected Nation One Link To Derail New Broadband Policy -- Connect The Dots
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| Starting this week (Sept. 10), the House Telecom Subcommittee is going
| to start looking at the broadband stimulus program and, perhaps next
| week, examine how the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is doing
| under the new management. The national broadband plan, required under
| the Federal stimulus program, should also be a topic of discussion when
| the Subcommittee holds an oversight hearing.
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http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/2626
FCC Canât Even Figure Out How To Stream Its Own Meetings Properly
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| Youâd think that in 2009, when global networks are handling exabytes of data
| in a single day and OC192 fiber optic connections crisscross the planet, the
| FCC â the most important communications agency in the United States â would
| at least be able to use modern technology to stream its own public meetings.
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http://techliberation.com/2009/08/27/fcc-cant-even-figure-out-how-to-stream-its-own-meetings/
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