Melissa Murray

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2,412 appearances 10 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 5d ago

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Strict Scrutiny · How Trump is Using the IRS to Resegregate America · 14 Sep 2026 podcast

Four of them, Representative Kristen McDonnell Rivett of Michigan, Senator John Ossoff of Georgia, Sherrod Brown, who is running for a Senate seat in Ohio, and Roy Cooper, who is running for a Senate seat in North Carolina, all joined forces to file suit challenging the new guidance. matched

These Democratic challengers sought expedited review at the Fourth Circuit, which they received, and where they prevailed. matched

The government, with the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee as interveners, decided to go to Daddy SCOTUS to ask SCOTUS to please stay. matched

The Fourth Circuit's ruling is so unfair to us. matched

And, shocking nobody, Daddy SCOTUS granted the requested relief, concluding that the Fourth Circuit lacked statutory authority to hear the case because the FCC— matched

had not yet issued a decision on the candidates' application for review. matched

Of course, the candidates went to the Fourth Circuit without waiting for a decision from the commission because, one, it's pretty clear what the commission's ruling on its own guidance would be, and two, the election is literally in a couple of months. matched

Time is ticking, and this is a pretty critical question. matched

All to say, the court also determined that the Republican Party committees had demonstrated that if the lower court ruling remained in place, they would suffer irreparable harm because they would not be able to access the more favorable ad rates, quote, thereby hampering their efforts to reach the electorate in the critical weeks leading up to the midterms. matched

The court, again, citing its June decision, NSRC versus FEC, said that this injury would, quote, implicate the GOP committee's First Amendment rights to speak and coordinate their political activities freely. matched

Because that is really what the First Amendment is for, making sure that ads are deeply discounted for political parties. matched

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This is such a big deal, Rashad, and I think it's getting absolutely no play at all. matched

What's the impact of allowing parties and the Republican Party in this particular case, which already enjoys a huge asymmetry in campaign funding right now against the Democratic Party? matched

What's going to happen if they now have the opportunity to coordinate these ads with deeply discounted rates? matched

you're not a Democratic matched

It's such a good point. matched

I mean, one, you know, obviously this decision applies to any political party. matched

So if the Democrats, and again, this goes to your point about not reforming the structural and systemic asymmetries, the Democratic Party could be in a situation where it matched

outperforms the Republicans in terms of fundraising. matched

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