Opinion
JUNE 5, 2003.
No. 02-1676. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION ET AL. v. McCONNELL, UNITED STATES SENATOR, ET AL.;
No. 02-1702. McCAIN, UNITED STATES SENATOR, ET AL. v. McCONNELL, UNITED STATES SENATOR, ET AL.;
No. 02-1727. REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE ET AL. v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION ET AL.;
No. 02-1733. NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE, INC., ET AL. v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION ET AL.;
No. 02-1734. AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION ET AL.;
No. 02-1740. ADAMS ET AL. v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION ET AL.;
No. 02-1747. PAUL, UNITED STATES CONGRESSMAN, ET AL. v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION ET AL.;
No. 02-1753. CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY ET AL. v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION ET AL.;
No. 02-1755. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR AND CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS ET AL. v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION ET AL.; and
No. 02-1756. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES ET AL. v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION ET AL. Appeals from D.C.D.C. Probable jurisdiction noted, cases consolidated, and a total of four hours allotted for oral argument. Briefs of the parties who were plaintiffs in the District Court are to address the questions presented in the jurisdictional statements and are to be filed with the Clerk of the Court and served upon the parties who were defendants in the District Court on or before 3 p.m., Tuesday, July 8, 2003. Briefs of the parties who were defendants in the District Court are to be filed with the Clerk of the Court and served upon the parties who were plaintiffs in the District Court on or before 3 p.m., Tuesday, August 5, 2003. Any reply briefs by parties who were plaintiffs in the District Court are to be filed with the Clerk of the Court and served upon parties who were defendants in the District Court on or before 3 p.m., Thursday, August 21, 2003. Cases set for oral argument at 10:00 a.m., Monday, September 8, 2003. Reported below: 251 F. Supp.2d 176 and 948.