Dispute over broadcasting rates for political ads returns to the Supreme Court

FCC asks SCOTUS to stay ruling in election ad rate case

The Federal Communications Commission is asking the US Supreme Court to block the latest lower court ruling in a dispute over broadcast election ad rates. North Carolina’s Roy Cooper is one of four Democratic candidates involved in the dispute with the FCC.

DOJ pulls Supreme Court into FCC fight over favorable campaign ad rates

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court Thursday to halt an appeals court’s ruling that could have significant ramifications for the advertising rates that campaigns pay in the closing weeks of the costly and hotly contested midterm elections. The Department of Justice is asking the Supreme Court to intervene in a legal battle over the […]

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Amy Howe for SCOTUSBlog: The battle over favorable advertising rates for political parties and joint fundraising committees returned to the Supreme Court on its interim docket on Thursday morning, just a little over a month after the justices temporarily paused … Continue reading “Dispute over broadcasting rates for political ads returns to the Supreme Court” →

Dispute over broadcasting rates for political ads returns to the Supreme Court

The battle over favorable advertising rates for political parties and joint fundraising committees returned to the Supreme Court on its interim docket on Thursday morning, just a little over a month after the justices temporarily paused a ruling by a federal court that had limited the rates to candidates for federal office. In a 15-page filing, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the court to block an order by the U.S. Court of Appeals fo…

Supreme Court asked to weigh political ad rates

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to step into a lower court dispute over television advertising rates paid by political candidates and joint fundraising committees weeks before the midterm elections. The application asked the justices to set aside a 2-1 ruling issued Wednesday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th […]