http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/federal-judge-strikes-down-montana-campaign-regulations/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/federal-judge-strikes-down-montana-campaign-regulations/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 17:49:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134331 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/federal-judge-strikes-down-montana-campaign-regulations/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/alan-e-sears-el-paso-city-leaders-declare-war-on-civil-liberties-of-christians/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/alan-e-sears-el-paso-city-leaders-declare-war-on-civil-liberties-of-christians/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:07:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130301 Alan E. Sears at the ADF Blog: The penalty for opposing the policies of El Paso mayor John Cook are getting stiffer – maybe as stiff as “sign a petition, go to jail.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/alan-e-sears-el-paso-city-leaders-declare-war-on-civil-liberties-of-christians/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/27/u-s-supreme-court-asked-to-review-montana-rejection-of-citizens-united/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/27/u-s-supreme-court-asked-to-review-montana-rejection-of-citizens-united/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:55:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129621 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/27/u-s-supreme-court-asked-to-review-montana-rejection-of-citizens-united/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/19/recall-draws-national-conservative-groups-into-legal-fight-el-paso-times/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/19/recall-draws-national-conservative-groups-into-legal-fight-el-paso-times/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:34:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128962 El Paso Times: Bopp, who also is mentioned in the article, said the purpose of the James Madison Center is not to help get Republicans elected, and McConnell "was not involved in (the center's) day-to-day operations." Instead, the James Madison Center became involved in the case at the behest of the Alliance Defense Fund, Bopp said. "This case has revealed that your Texas campaign-finance laws have some bad features," he said . . . The Liberty Legal Institute didn't respond last week to questions for this story. The Alliance Defense Fund, a national organization that had already joined the recall fight, also says in its mission statement that it fights for constitutional freedoms. "ADF is a legal alliance defending the right to hear and speak the Truth through . . . " [more] ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/19/recall-draws-national-conservative-groups-into-legal-fight-el-paso-times/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/appeal-filed-to-defend-texans%e2%80%99-right-to-speak-about-recall-election-james-madison-ctr-for-free-speech/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/appeal-filed-to-defend-texans%e2%80%99-right-to-speak-about-recall-election-james-madison-ctr-for-free-speech/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:18:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128401 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/appeal-filed-to-defend-texans%e2%80%99-right-to-speak-about-recall-election-james-madison-ctr-for-free-speech/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/10/montana-corporations-ask-united-states-supreme-court-to-reverse-montana-state-court-ruling-upholding-ban-on-corporate-independent-expenditures-despite-citizens-united/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/10/montana-corporations-ask-united-states-supreme-court-to-reverse-montana-state-court-ruling-upholding-ban-on-corporate-independent-expenditures-despite-citizens-united/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:53:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125330 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/10/montana-corporations-ask-united-states-supreme-court-to-reverse-montana-state-court-ruling-upholding-ban-on-corporate-independent-expenditures-despite-citizens-united/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/20/federal-district-court-rules-wisconsin-campaign-finance-law-is-unconstitutional/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/20/federal-district-court-rules-wisconsin-campaign-finance-law-is-unconstitutional/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:52:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114079 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/20/federal-district-court-rules-wisconsin-campaign-finance-law-is-unconstitutional/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/28/8th-circuit-to-re-hear-challenge-to-minnesota%e2%80%99s-ban-on-corporate-contributions-ies/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/28/8th-circuit-to-re-hear-challenge-to-minnesota%e2%80%99s-ban-on-corporate-contributions-ies/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:28:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109347 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/28/8th-circuit-to-re-hear-challenge-to-minnesota%e2%80%99s-ban-on-corporate-contributions-ies/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/27/pro-market-group-victorious-in-albuquerque-public-funding-challenge/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/27/pro-market-group-victorious-in-albuquerque-public-funding-challenge/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:24:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109171 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/27/pro-market-group-victorious-in-albuquerque-public-funding-challenge/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/20/court-strikes-down-express-advocacy-and-electioneering-communication-definitions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/20/court-strikes-down-express-advocacy-and-electioneering-communication-definitions/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:59:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108559 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/20/court-strikes-down-express-advocacy-and-electioneering-communication-definitions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/13/8th-circuit-grants-rehearing-on-minnesota%e2%80%99s-ban-on-corporate-ies-contributions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/13/8th-circuit-grants-rehearing-on-minnesota%e2%80%99s-ban-on-corporate-ies-contributions/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:19:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108077 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/13/8th-circuit-grants-rehearing-on-minnesota%e2%80%99s-ban-on-corporate-ies-contributions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/01/wa-citizens-to-federal-court-do-not-allow-government-to-release-petition-names/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/01/wa-citizens-to-federal-court-do-not-allow-government-to-release-petition-names/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:39:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=107302 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/01/wa-citizens-to-federal-court-do-not-allow-government-to-release-petition-names/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/08/court-rules-federal-ban-on-corporate-contributions-is-unconstitutiona/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/08/court-rules-federal-ban-on-corporate-contributions-is-unconstitutiona/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:17:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=105802 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/08/court-rules-federal-ban-on-corporate-contributions-is-unconstitutiona/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/03/california-group-asks-court-to-declare-california-ballot-initiative-laws-unconstitutional/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/03/california-group-asks-court-to-declare-california-ballot-initiative-laws-unconstitutional/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 20:20:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=105493 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/03/california-group-asks-court-to-declare-california-ballot-initiative-laws-unconstitutional/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/02/madison-center-brief-argues-federal-ban-on-corporate-contributions-is-unconstitutional/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/02/madison-center-brief-argues-federal-ban-on-corporate-contributions-is-unconstitutional/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:22:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=105316 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/02/madison-center-brief-argues-federal-ban-on-corporate-contributions-is-unconstitutional/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/17/supreme-court-to-consider-two-important-campaign-finance-cases-friday/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/17/supreme-court-to-consider-two-important-campaign-finance-cases-friday/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:45:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=95812 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/17/supreme-court-to-consider-two-important-campaign-finance-cases-friday/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/08/advocacy-groups-seek-to-halt-public-funding-for-2011-supreme-court-race/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/08/advocacy-groups-seek-to-halt-public-funding-for-2011-supreme-court-race/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:29:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=94954 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/08/advocacy-groups-seek-to-halt-public-funding-for-2011-supreme-court-race/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/26/former-fec-commissioners-argue-matching-funds-unconstitutionally-limit-campaign-speech/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/26/former-fec-commissioners-argue-matching-funds-unconstitutionally-limit-campaign-speech/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:01:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=93432 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/26/former-fec-commissioners-argue-matching-funds-unconstitutionally-limit-campaign-speech/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/07/iowa-case-made-for-changes-in-justice-selection/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/07/iowa-case-made-for-changes-in-justice-selection/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:18:54 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=90466 Des Moines Register: "A conservative group that wants to change the way Iowa Supreme Court justices are selected argued Thursday that seven lawyer members on the panel that picks finalists should be directly elected by voters." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/07/iowa-case-made-for-changes-in-justice-selection/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/aclu-submits-brief-to-fight-iowa-lawsuit-that-would-derail-judicial-appointments/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/aclu-submits-brief-to-fight-iowa-lawsuit-that-would-derail-judicial-appointments/#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:39:24 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=87939 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/aclu-submits-brief-to-fight-iowa-lawsuit-that-would-derail-judicial-appointments/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/15/lawsuit-change-panel-for-selecting-iowa-justices/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/15/lawsuit-change-panel-for-selecting-iowa-justices/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:49:42 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86714 Missouri Lawyers Media [AP]: "Four Iowa residents filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday that notes since they are not attorneys they have no role in selecting the seven commissioners, who are lawyers elected through the Iowa State Bar Association. The lawsuit claims the selection system gives lawyers too much influence and is unconstitutional as a result." James Madison Center for Free Speech press release can be found here. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/15/lawsuit-change-panel-for-selecting-iowa-justices/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/10/rnc-asks-supreme-court-to-ease-restrictions-on-political-party-speech/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/10/rnc-asks-supreme-court-to-ease-restrictions-on-political-party-speech/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:08:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=85932 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/10/rnc-asks-supreme-court-to-ease-restrictions-on-political-party-speech/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/09/commission-dismisses-complaint-against-montana-tea-party-group/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/09/commission-dismisses-complaint-against-montana-tea-party-group/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 20:08:33 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=85752 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/09/commission-dismisses-complaint-against-montana-tea-party-group/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/09/iowa-voters-challenge-process-for-filling-supreme-court-spots/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/09/iowa-voters-challenge-process-for-filling-supreme-court-spots/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:19:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=85575 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/09/iowa-voters-challenge-process-for-filling-supreme-court-spots/feed/ 3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/16/tx-vote-watchers-fight-back-against-dem-lawsuit-with-soros-links/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/16/tx-vote-watchers-fight-back-against-dem-lawsuit-with-soros-links/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:27:48 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=82406 WorldNetDaily: "The situation in Houston erupted after workers with a volunteer organization called True the Vote investigated the work of a Houston Votes group and found that of the 25,000 voter registrations submitted, only 7,193 apparently were actually valid." James Bopp, Jr. of the James Madison Center for Free Speech and Kelly Shackelford of the Liberty Institute are quoted. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/16/tx-vote-watchers-fight-back-against-dem-lawsuit-with-soros-links/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/29/court-refuses-to-stop-mn-corporate-political-spending-disclosure-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/29/court-refuses-to-stop-mn-corporate-political-spending-disclosure-law/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 22:15:15 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=79403 Washington Post (AP): "The high court without comment turned away a request for an injunction from Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/29/court-refuses-to-stop-mn-corporate-political-spending-disclosure-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/27/va-tea-party-candidate-to-appeals-court-let-me-circulate-my-own-petitions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/27/va-tea-party-candidate-to-appeals-court-let-me-circulate-my-own-petitions/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:24:33 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=78881 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/27/va-tea-party-candidate-to-appeals-court-let-me-circulate-my-own-petitions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/19/pro-life-group-asks-federal-court-to-stop-the-ohio-%e2%80%9cspeech-police%e2%80%9d/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/19/pro-life-group-asks-federal-court-to-stop-the-ohio-%e2%80%9cspeech-police%e2%80%9d/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 21:15:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=77285 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/19/pro-life-group-asks-federal-court-to-stop-the-ohio-%e2%80%9cspeech-police%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/19/justice-kennedy-orders-response-on-request-to-halt-maine-public-funding-scheme/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/19/justice-kennedy-orders-response-on-request-to-halt-maine-public-funding-scheme/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:31:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=77262 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/19/justice-kennedy-orders-response-on-request-to-halt-maine-public-funding-scheme/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/19/long-battle-by-foes-of-campaign-finance-rules-shifts-landscape/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/19/long-battle-by-foes-of-campaign-finance-rules-shifts-landscape/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:44:51 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=77180 New York Times: "Beyond that, conservatives say they are guided by less partisan motives: the fervent belief, shared by some liberal groups like the A.C.L.U., that the First Amendment should prevent the government from enacting campaign finance restrictions that can chill free speech, even if it means giving anonymity to donors and rights to corporations." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/19/long-battle-by-foes-of-campaign-finance-rules-shifts-landscape/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/12/hawaii-federal-court-enjoins-limit-on-contributions-received-by-political-committees-doing-only-independent-spending/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/12/hawaii-federal-court-enjoins-limit-on-contributions-received-by-political-committees-doing-only-independent-spending/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:54:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=76320 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/12/hawaii-federal-court-enjoins-limit-on-contributions-received-by-political-committees-doing-only-independent-spending/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/08/supreme-court-asked-to-protect-campaign-speech-in-final-days-before-election/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/08/supreme-court-asked-to-protect-campaign-speech-in-final-days-before-election/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 20:46:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=75976 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/08/supreme-court-asked-to-protect-campaign-speech-in-final-days-before-election/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/28/supreme-court-asked-to-review-laws-banning-campaign-speech-for-judges/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/28/supreme-court-asked-to-review-laws-banning-campaign-speech-for-judges/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:11:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/28/supreme-court-asked-to-review-laws-banning-campaign-speech-for-judges/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/28/supreme-court-asked-to-review-laws-banning-campaign-speech-for-judges/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/27/nom-challenges-floridas-new-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing-rules-on-campaign-speech/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/27/nom-challenges-floridas-new-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing-rules-on-campaign-speech/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:36:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert 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