GOP heads to Supreme Court after losing case over TV election ad prices
Summary
Republican campaign committees want the Supreme Court to require TV stations to offer political parties and fundraising groups the lowest ad prices before elections, like individual candidates currently get. A federal appeals court ruled against this, and now the Republicans plan to ask the Supreme Court to reverse that decision quickly before the upcoming election ad discount period.Key Facts
- US law requires TV broadcasters to give individual candidates their lowest ad prices during the 60 days before an election.
- The Trump administration’s FCC ordered stations to extend these discounted prices to political parties and fundraising committees as well.
- Four Democratic candidates challenged this FCC order, and a federal appeals court said the FCC’s rule conflicts with the existing law.
- Republican committees intervened to support the FCC and are now appealing to the Supreme Court.
- The Republicans asked for an emergency court decision to allow a prompt Supreme Court appeal before the September 4 discount period.
- The court denied the emergency motion but allowed the case to be appealed to the Supreme Court.
- FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez warned that forcing deep ad discounts on broadcasters could worsen their financial problems.
- The FCC recently removed a rule limiting how many TV households a single broadcast owner can reach, aiming to support local news through bigger mergers.
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