CREW and Howell said that's wrong under the law, regardless of the rule, so the rule must go. Howell gave the FEC time to pass a new rule, which they didn't do, and the ruling was set to go into effect on Monday.
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Side note: This is another instance where the court's procedures and rules seem almost designed to make knowing what is actually going on at the nation's highest court damn near impossible.
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OK, going to try to sum all of this up in as plain of English as I can in two final tweets ...
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Crossroads GPS & the FEC say independent expenditures only need to disclose donors when the donors give specifically for the expense being reported. CREW & the district court say that’s wrong under the law, so the FEC rule is invalid (and more donors would need to be disclosed).
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The district court ruling was due to go into effect Monday, but Chief Justice John Roberts put that ruling on hold this afternoon — meaning the FEC rule will stay in place for now and donors don’t have to be disclosed — pending further action from him or the full Supreme Court.
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did you get that feeling from his stay order?
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The order contemplates further orders, and generally a single justice doesn’t definitively resolve a stay request in a controversial case.
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I guess I just better stfu and read it
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It’s very very short!
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haha yeah trust me I got embarassed when I read it, I made an assumption that it was more than the single page, and there is a lot of white space on that page.
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Very clean user interface
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It’s also possible
#ChiefJustice will go through various legal gymnastics to protect Crossroads.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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