Democratic candidates ask Supreme Court to leave in place appeals court ruling in political ...

Democratic candidates for federal office have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a federal appeals court ruling that requires the FCC to quickly decide on a challenge to extending favorable political advertising rates to parties and joint fundraising committees. The dispute concerns whether these preferential rates should be limited to individual candidates under federal election law or also extend to political groups, with the 4th Circuit ruling narrowly interpreting the law in favour of candidates only.

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