June 26, 2003
Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Direct Political Gifts by Nonprofit Groups
The U.S. Supreme Court last week ruled that nonprofit organizations, just like for-profit businesses, must abide by a longstanding ban on direct contributions to federal political candidates.
By a vote of 7 to 2, the court said that applying the prohibition to nonprofit groups does not violate the groups' constitutionally protected free-speech rights.
The ruling was issued against the backdrop of a much broader case, to be heard by the Supreme Court in September, that
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