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Recent News About U.S. Supreme Court
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SEC declines to publicly discuss campaign financing case
Tennant CHARLESTON - Members of the State Election Commission went into a closed-door session Wednesday, declining to talk publicly about lawsuits filed against them over the constitutionality of the West Virginia Public Campaign Financing Pilot Program. -
Three W.Va. SC justices won't hear public financing case
Davis CHARLESTON - Three West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals justices have recused themselves from a case over the constitutionality of the state's Public Campaign Financing Pilot Program. -
Report: Federal judge to wait to rule on PAC's request to block cap
Johnston CHARLESTON - A federal judge said at a hearing this week that he will wait to rule on whether to temporarily block the state's $1,000-per-election cap on contributions to political action committees. -
Federal judge grants Loughry's motion to intervene
Loughry CHARLESTON - A federal judge has granted West Virginia Supreme Court candidate Allen Loughry's motion to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state's Public Campaign Financing Pilot Program. -
THEIR VIEW: Pilot financing program was grounded before it started
WHEELING -- The West Virginia Association for Justice has consistently supported efforts to reform judicial election financing. -
Brennan Center steps up for Loughry
Skaggs CHARLESTON -- The Brennan Center has gone to bat for a Republican state Supreme Court candidate in his legal battle over public financing. -
SEC has emergency meeting after Loughry suit
Loughry CHARLESTON – A day after state Supreme Court candidate Allen Loughry sued the State Election Commission for not following through in providing his campaign public financing money, the panel held an emergency meeting. -
Loughry files response to federal suit, files another in W.Va. SC
Loughry CHARLESTON - West Virginia Supreme Court candidate Allen Loughry this week filed a response to a federal lawsuit, filed earlier this month to block funding to his campaign. -
SEC suit triggers Chafin's critics
Chafin CHARLESTON – Actions and comments by state Supreme Court candidate Tish Chafin's campaign are drawing the attention of critics. -
Tomblin questions Sebelius on possible Medicaid expansion
Tomblin CHARLESTON - Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, in a letter to the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, says he wants more information before deciding whether to expand Medicaid in the state. -
Former W.Va. Democratic Party chairman challenges candidate financing program
Callaghan CHARLESTON - The former chairman of the West Virginia Democratic Party is suing the secretary of state and members of the State Election Commission in federal court, saying the matching funds provision of the Supreme Court's public campaign financing pilot program is unconstitutional. -
Fourth Circuit to hear case over key parts of W.Va. election ad laws
Johnston RICHMOND, Va. - A decision striking down key provisions of West Virginia election laws that attempt to regulate political ads by special interest groups will be heard by a federal appeals court in October. -
Morrisey says McGraw should talk 'Obamacare'
Morrisey CHARLESTON – The Republican nominee for attorney general says Darrell McGraw should be giving legal advice to the governor and state Legislature after the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision on "Obamacare." -
Loughry criticizes Tennant over public funding
Loughry CHARLESTON – State Supreme Court candidate Allen Loughry says Secretary of State Natalie Tennant is crippling his campaign with rulings on the public financing pilot project for Court candidates. -
W.Va. SC rules in another case over arbitration agreements
Ketchum CHARLESTON - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals says a lower court erred in refusing to enforce an arbitration clause, compelling the owner of a Morgantown office building to settle its claims arising from a post-construction maintenance agreement. -
W.Va. SC backs off previous ruling over nursing home contracts
Ketchum CHARLESTON - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has reversed and remanded a set of lawsuits over arbitration agreements in nursing home contracts. -
Sometimes you have to pay -- and fight -- for free speech
Some people don't get the connection between funding and free speech. They don't see how the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects a citizen's right to spend money to be heard, whether individually or in association with others. -
PAC, potential donors call W.Va. election laws 'unconstitutional'
Tennant BLUEFIELD - An independent political action committee and a group of potential donors are suing West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie Tennant and the state's prosecuting attorneys, arguing that some of the state's election laws and policies violate their First Amendment rights. -
W.Va., other states file brief to U.S. SC to uphold Mont. election law
Schneiderman WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, on behalf of a coalition of 22 states and the District of Columbia, has filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a Montana election law. -
U.S. Senate confirms Thacker to federal appeals court
Thacker WASHINGTON - West Virginia attorney Stephanie Thacker has been confirmed to a federal appeals court.