US Supreme Court preserves parties' access to cheap ads, siding with Republicans
The unsigned order lets Republican committees keep access to discounted broadcast rates as broadcasters begin rescinding them, with tens of millions of dollars in ad buys at stake.
- The Supreme Court granted an emergency appeal from Republicans on Friday, clearing a legal roadblock for political parties to access discounted TV ad rates ahead of the midterm elections.
- In March, the Federal Communications Commission and Media Bureau ruled that party-coordinated ads qualify for discounted rates, prompting Four Democrats, including Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia and former Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, to challenge the finding in court.
- After a divided panel of the Circuit Court ruled for Democratic candidates, The National Republican Congressional Committee and National Republican Senatorial Committee appealed to the Supreme Court, backed by The Trump administration.
- Republicans argued that the Circuit Court had acted too soon, causing broadcasters to charge higher rates and disrupt planned campaign budgets. Access to cheaper ad rates provides a significant boost to the GOP's sizable cash advantage.
- This latest election-related appeal follows a June Supreme Court ruling that removed limits on coordinated spending between parties and candidates. The Supreme Court's decision halts the lower-court ruling while the committees pursue their full appeal.
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Supreme Court preserves parties’ access to cheap ads, siding with Republicans
The U.S. Supreme Court revived on Friday a federal policy giving party committees access to discounted TV and radio advertising rates long available to political candidates, as major Republican committees head toward the November midterm elections with a cash advantage over their Democratic counterparts.
Supreme Court Backs GOP on Discounted TV Ad Rates for Midterms
The Supreme Court handed Republican campaign committees a major win Friday by upholding an FCC rule that lets party organizations buy TV ads at the same steep discounts previously reserved for candidates, a decision Democrats tried and failed to block just weeks before the midterm elections. The unsigned emergency order, issued August 31, swept aside […]
The U.S. Supreme Court has made a fundamental decision on advertising spots on television.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Im Hwa-seop = Ahead of the election, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that party committees, just like candidate campaign headquarters, should have special privileges for TV and radio broadcast advertisements...
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