Committee for Truth in Politics, Inc. seeks injunction over Obama abortion ad campaign
The James Madison Center for Free Speech has issued a press release (Oct. 3, 2008) indicating:
Today, the Committee for Truth in Politics, Inc. (“CTP”) filed suit to protect it from FEC investigation and enforcement action for running an ad, titled Basic Rights, which qualifies as an “electioneering communication” under federal election law, but cannot be regulated because it is protected by the “appeal-to-vote” test announce by Chief Justice Roberts in the 2007 decision of Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life (”WRTL II”).
The text of the ad is as follows . . .
The ad has been broadcast in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina, and the suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina . . .
The case is titled Koerber v. FEC. Case documents are available on the website for the James Madison Center for Free Speech at www.jamesmadisoncenter.org.