Foley Takes His Case to the Supreme Court
by CTNewsjunkie Staff | Jul 19, 2010 10:18pm
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Posted to: Courts, Election 2010, Legal
Tom Foley, the Republican frontrunner in the race for governor, will ask the Supreme Court to stop the State Elections Enforcement Commission from giving his opponent, Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele, $312,500 in public campaign funds. Lawyers for Foley, the state, and Fedele have been asked to address last week’s Second Circuit Court decision in their briefs. Oral arguments will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Click here to read the brief submitted by Foley’s attorney, Daniel Krisch.
(5) Comments
posted by: Jack | July 20, 2010 10:58am
Foley will not give it up! shessh. I do agree with his case and I hope he wins it, but come on - how long is he going to spend time fighting this?
Personally, I think he’s wasting his time, when he could be spending it more wisely.
posted by: fgh | July 20, 2010 11:23am
I can’t wait to see what happens with this. I think Foley’s team has a great argument in terms of stopping the funds. I don’t really know how anyone could read the law and not see that Fedele and Boughton do not qualify for the joint campaign provision of the law. Fedele isn’t party endorsed and Boughton is. Unfortunately it just seems like the current administration has too much invested in the public financing law to allow it to fall. Let’s hope that the State Supreme Court has a better interpretation than the circuit court. Time is really running out for this decision to make any difference. Let’s hope the Supreme Court rules soon.
posted by: Jack | July 20, 2010 11:42am
Eventhough this might be a losing case, Foley is making a good decision by following through with it. It’s important to Republican voters, like me, to see that the “conservative” candidates are acting in our best interest. If candidates in the GOP party is using taxpayer’s money to fund their campaign, he is most certainly not running on conservative ideologies.
posted by: C.L. | July 20, 2010 11:55am
Bottom line, a Republican governor candidate shouldn’t accept taxpayer dollars to fund a campaign. Fedele’s two opponents, Oz Griebel and Foley, have both clearly stated their opposition to public campaign funding. Fedele shouldn’t accept any public funding and needs to fuel his campaign privately.
