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Issue Ads During Election Season

Robert Timothy Reagan, Margaret S. Williams, Marie Leary, Catherine R. Borden, Jessica L. Snowden, Patricia D. Breen, Jason A. Cantone
October 7, 2023

Christian Civic League of Maine v. FEC (Louis F. Oberdorfer, D.D.C. 1:06-cv-614)
An issue-advocacy organization filed a declaratory action in the U.S. District Court for the District of the District of Columbia to challenge a proscription on issue advertising that mentions a candidate close to an election. A three-judge district court denied a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the proscription.
Subject: Campaign activities. Topics: Campaign materials; corporate electioneering; three-judge court; intervention; recusal; interlocutory appeal.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.

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Election Litigation | Campaign Activities | Campaign Materials | Corporate Electioneering | Interlocutory Appeal | Intervention | Three-judge Court | Emergency Proceedings | U.S. District Courts | D.D.C.