Uh oh, ribit ... da Black Hole gonna be in a foul mood, tonight!
http://dailycaller.com/2024/07/09/appeals-court-greenlights-campaign-finance-case-against-nonprofit-founded-by-stacey-abrams/
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday struck down an injunction blocking Georgia from enforcing a state campaign finance law against two nonprofits founded by former Democratic Georgia gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams.
A 2019 Georgia state ethics commission complaint accused the New Georgia Project and the New Georgia Project Action Fund of illegally canvassing for Democratic candidates, including Abrams, during the 2018 midterm elections and that it failed to disclose millions in electioneering expenses, Axios reported. A federal court in September 2022, however, blocked the state from enforcing the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Act because the two nonprofits argued it was unconstitutional — a ruling the Eleventh Circuit vacated on Monday, opening the door for the state to continue with its case against them, according to court filings.
The Atlanta federal judge that initially ruled in favor of the New Georgia Project and the New Georgia Project Action Fund should have abstained from taking up the case brought by the nonprofits under existing Supreme Court precedent because the state’s investigation was “ongoing,” according to the Eleventh Circuit’s ruling. The nonprofits sued to stop the enforcement in August 2022, weeks after the state campaign finance commission held a preliminary hearing and found “reasonable grounds” that they had violated Georgia law by failing to disclose political expenditures, Law360 reported. ...
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