| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| May 27 2003 |
Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due June 27, 2003) |
| May 27 2003 |
Motion for expedited briefing schedule filed by appellants Republican National Committee, et al. filed |
| May 30 2003 |
Waiver of right of appellees Emily Echols, et al, to respond filed.VIDED. |
| May 30 2003 |
Reply of FEC, et al. with respect to motion for expedited briefing schedule filed. VIDED. |
| May 30 2003 |
Response to jurisdictional statement from appellees Federal Election Commission, et al. filed. |
| Jun 2 2003 |
Response to jurisdictional statements from intervenor-appellees John McCain, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 2 2003 |
Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference ofJune 5, 2003.. |
| Jun 4 2003 |
Reply of appellants Republican National Committee, et al. filed. |
| Jun 5 2003 |
Motion for expedited briefing schedule GRANTED. |
| Jun 5 2003 |
PROBABLE JURISDICTION NOTED. In these cases probable jurisdiction is noted. The cases are consolidated and a total of four hours is allotted for oral argument. The 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. The 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. The cases are set for oral argument at 10:00 a.m., Monday, September 8, 2003. |
| Jun 10 2003 |
Briefing proposal of Republican National Committee and various political party plaintiffs received. |
| Jun 19 2003 |
The briefs of the parties who were plaintiffs in the District Court are not to exceed 50 pages for the opening briefs and 20 pages for the reply briefs, except that the plaintiffs in No. 02-1674 may file an opening brief not to exceed 75 pages, and the political party plaintiffs in Nos. 02-1727, 02-1733, and 02-1753 may file a consolidated opening brief not to exceed 100 pages. The Solicitor General may file a brief not to exceed 140 pages, and the intervenor-defendants may file a brief not to exceed 75 pages. |
| Jun 20 2003 |
Blanket consent received from counsel for California Democratic Party, et al. and Republican National Committee, et al. for the filing of amici briefs in 02-1727 & 02-1753. |
| Jul 8 2003 |
Brief of Political Parties ( Republican National Committee, et al.), Appellants filed. VIDED.(Distributed) |
| Jul 9 2003 |
* Hyperlinked brief of Political Parties also available on CD-ROM. (Distributed). |
| Jul 14 2003 |
RNC joining motion for divided argument of plaintiffs in 02-1674, et al. |
| Aug 4 2003 |
The motion for divided argument of plaintiffs in Nos. 02-1674, 02-1727, 02-1733, 02-1734, 02-1753, 02-1755, and 02-1756 is granted, except that 60 minutes are allotted for argument on Title I and Section 213 of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, and 50 minutes are allotted on the remainder of the challenged provisions. The motions of Emily Echols, et al., and Barret Austin O'Brock for divided argument is granted limited to 10 minutes for plaintiffs. The motions for divided argument of plaintiffs in Nos. 02-1675, 02-1740, and 02-1747 are denied. The motion of the Solicitor General for divided argument is granted. |
| Aug 5 2003 |
Brief amici curiae of Norman Ornstein, et al. filed. VIDED. (Circulated) |
| Aug 8 2003 |
Application (03A122) of the political parties in case nos. 02-1727, 02-1733, & 02-1753, to file a consolidated reply brief on the merits in excess of the page limitation, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
| Aug 12 2003 |
Application (03A122) granted by The Chief Justice to file a consolidated reply brief on the merits in excess of the page limitation not to exceed 40 pages. |
| Aug 21 2003 |
Reply of appellants the Political Parties filed. VIDED. |
| Aug 21 2003 |
Hyperlinked reply brief on the merits of Political Parties received. VIDED. |
| Sep 8 2003 |
ARGUED. Kenneth W. Starr, for McConnell, et al. plaintiffs; Bobby R. Burchfield, for Political Party, plaintiffs; Floyd Abrams, for McConnell, et al. plaintiffs; Laurence E. Gold, for AFL-CIO, plaintiffs; Jay A. Sekulow, for Echols, et al. plaintiffs. Theodore B. Olson, Solicitor General, for FEC, defendant; Seth P. Waxman, for Intervenor, defendant; Paul D. Clement, Deputy Solicitor General, for FEC, defendant |
| Nov 10 2003 |
Letter from counsel for petitioner National Right to Life Committee received and distributed. VIDED. |
| Dec 10 2003 |
Adjudged to be AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART. Stevens and O'Connor, JJ., delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to BCRA Titles I and II, in which Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Rehnquist, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to BCRA Titles III and IV, in which O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, and Souter, JJ., joined, in which Stevens, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined except with respect to BCRA Sec. 305, and in which Thomas, J., joined with respect to BCRA Secs. 304, 305, 307, 316, 319, and 403(b). Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to BCRA Title V, in which Stevens, O'Connor, Souter, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., filed an opinion concurring with respect to BCRA Titles III and IV, dissenting with respect to BCRA Titles I and V, and concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part with respect to BCRA Title II. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring with respect to BCRA Titles III and IV, except for BCRA Secs. 311 and 318, concurring in the result with respect to BCRA Sec. 318, concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part with respect to BCRA Title II, and dissenting with respect to BCRA Titles I, V, and Sec. 311, in which opinion Scalia, J., joined as to Parts I, II-A, and II-B. Kennedy, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part with respect to BCRA Titles I and II, in which Rehnquist, C.J., joined, in which Scalia, J., joined except to the extent the opinion upholds new FECA Sec. 323(e) and BCRA Sec. 202, and in which Thomas, J., joined with respect to BCRA Sec. 213. Rehnquist, C.J., filed an opinion dissenting with respect to BCRA Titles I and V, in which Scalia and Kennedy, JJ., joined. Stevens, J., filed an opinion dissenting with respect to BCRA Sec. 305, in which Ginsburg and Breyer, JJ., joined. |
| Jan 12 2004 |
JUDGMENT ISSUED. |