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WillParkinson

(16,862 posts)
Mon Feb 27, 2012, 02:30 PM Feb 2012

SCOTUS Refuses NOM Appeal

SCOTUS Refuses NOM Appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal of ruling that NOM must disclose its donors in their successful battle to repeal same-sex marriage in Maine.

Via SCOTUS Blog:

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a constitutional challenge to a Maine law that requires those seeking to raise and spend money in state election campaigns to organize as a political action committee for that activity, and make significant disclosures about their financial operations. That was challenged in a petition, National Organization for Marriage v. McKee (11-599), after the state law was upheld by the First Circuit Court. The NOM is an organizations set up to promote the traditional view of marriage as being reserved solely for opposite-sex couples. It argued in challenging the PAC requirement that states do not have the constitutional authority to impose such obligations unless an organization has election campaign activity as its “major purpose.”

Is this finally the end of the road for NOM's flouting of Maine's campaign finance law? Will they now comply? Will we at last see the bejeweled Catholic hands pulling the strings at NOM?

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2012/02/scotus-refuses-nom-appeal.html

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SCOTUS Refuses NOM Appeal (Original Post) WillParkinson Feb 2012 OP
Grrr... kenfrequed Feb 2012 #1
Uh, I think we won this one. aquart Feb 2012 #2
Yes we did. Fearless Feb 2012 #3
oh... kenfrequed Feb 2012 #7
Happens to me ALL the time! Fearless Feb 2012 #8
Not me... WillParkinson Feb 2012 #9
I believe you're mistaken. Fearless Feb 2012 #10
Can't wait to see their disclosures. sinkingfeeling Feb 2012 #4
Happily kick & recommend this. William769 Feb 2012 #5
come out come out where ever you are...nt xchrom Feb 2012 #6

kenfrequed

(7,865 posts)
1. Grrr...
Mon Feb 27, 2012, 02:33 PM
Feb 2012

I still want to hear Lieberman and the conservadems explain to me how Roberts was a decent choice for the supreme court.

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