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In a 5-4 decision issued June 25, 2007, the Supreme Court loosened limits on election advertising saying a pro-life group should have been permitted to air ads in the final months leading up to a 2004 election. In the consolidated cases of FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life (No. 06-969) and McCain v. Wisconsin Right to Life (No. 06-970), the high court concluded that a key provision of a campaign finance law violated the group's First Amendment rights and unreasonably limits speech. In an amicus brief filed with the high court on behalf of itself and Focus on the Family, a non-profit religious corporation committed to strengthening the family, the ACLJ urged the high court remove the prohibition of grassroots lobbying organization from taking part in issue advertising leading up to an election. In his opinion, Chief Justice Roberts cited the Brief of the American Center for Law & Justice in support of the issue advocacy ads being allowed to air with in the 30 and 60 day periods. While the Justices stopped short of overturning the troubling provision, it did acknowledge that the pro-life speech in this case was wrongfully censored.
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