Constitutionality of Regulating Political Advertisements : An Analysis of Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc.

Discusses Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. v. Federal Election Commission Supreme Court case addressing constitutionality of a provision of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) of 2002, which prohibits corporate or labor union treasury funds from being spent on advertisements broadcast within 30 d...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Advertising. Campaign funds. Corporations. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Discusses Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. v. Federal Election Commission Supreme Court case addressing constitutionality of a provision of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) of 2002, which prohibits corporate or labor union treasury funds from being spent on advertisements broadcast within 30 days of a primary or 60 days of a general election. Reviews Supreme Court decision upholding lower court ruling that BCRA was unconstitutional as applied to advertisements that Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. sought to run.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.