Sentences with phrase «case challenging the campaign»

Starr, who represents the plaintiffs in McConnell v. FEC, the case challenging the Campaign Reform Act of 2002, will respond.

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The spigot of outside funding of super PACs and Senate races is challenging the maxim that all politics is local in many of these state legislative campaigns, which in some cases have become proxy wars for state - level issues.

The case, which is being brought by the British Humanist Association (BHA) and Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign (RISC), challenges the legality of the process by which the schools were set up, outside of competition by the back door, and is the first ever challenge against new schools because of religious discrimination.

Setting out the big challenges facing the Labour campaign, he writes that the established parties face an electorate that, as is the case in the rest of Europe, is no longer apathetic but angry.

In a challenge to anti-EU campaigners who say that Britain could negotiate better deals outside the union, the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign says EU free trade agreements have led to a doubling of exports in some cases.

In a not so stunning federal lawsuit, Tom Ognibene, who was once named as an unindicted coconspirator in a case involving bribery unsuccessfully challenged city anti-corruption campaign finance laws so that he could donate more money to Councilmember Liz Crowley.

She faces court cases challenging teacher tenure and job protections, the defection of historically loyal Democrats, growing apprehension over the Common Core, diminishing ranks, public relations campaigns painting her union as greedy and a complicated chessboard of state and local members with a variety of interests.

The Data Quality Campaign: The Art of the Possible This case study examines the challenges that Kentucky, Maryland, and Washington face as they implemented high - quality data governance structures in their states.

From the taking on of a specific end goal, to the constant communication that the challenge was daunting but achievable, the anti-Keystone campaign was a text book case on how to promote Flow.

It concluded that the challenging party's due process rights were violated because the appellate judge did not recuse himself after the opposing side contributed $ 3 million to his campaign while the case was pending.

The plaintiffs challenged eight restrictions on judicial conduct: 1) the prohibition on judicial candidates campaigning as a member of a political organization, 2) the prohibition on judicial candidates making speeches for or against political organizations or candidates, 3) the ban on judicial candidates making contributions to political causes or candidates, 4) the prohibition on judicial candidates from publicly endorsing or opposing candidates for public office, 5) the prohibition on judges from acting as a leader or holding office in a policitical organization, 6) the prohibition on judicial candidates knowingly or recklessly making false statements during campaigns, 7) the ban on judicial candidates making misleading statements, and 8) the prohibition on candidates making pledges, promises, or committments in connection with cases, controversies, or issues that are likely to come before the court.

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