Alabama Democratic Conference v. Marshall
Petition for certiorari denied on April 24, 2017
Issue: (1) Whether the First Amendment permits the government to ban or limit independent-spending donations to a political committee that segregates those donations in a separate bank account to be used only for independent spending; and (2) whether a complete ban on any political committee"s financial contribution to any other political committee for any purpose is an adequately tailored constitutional means to achieve a state's interest in effective campaign-finance disclosure.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Petition of the day (Kate Howard, March 3, 2017)
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| 12/27/2016 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 30, 2017) |
| 01/10/2017 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 1, 2017. |
| 01/27/2017 | Brief amici curiae of Free and Fair Election Fund, et al. filed. |
| 01/30/2017 | Brief amicus curiae of The Center for Competitive Politics filed. |
| 01/30/2017 | Brief amicus curiae of The Cato Institute filed. |
| 03/01/2017 | Brief of respondents Luther Strange, Attorney General of Alabama, et al. in opposition filed. |
| 03/15/2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 31, 2017. |
| 03/15/2017 | Reply of petitioners Alabama Democratic Conference, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| 03/30/2017 | Rescheduled. |
| 04/10/2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 13, 2017. |
| 04/12/2017 | Rescheduled. |
| 04/17/2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 21, 2017. |
| 04/24/2017 | Petition DENIED. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. |