Justices decline ruling on status of AIPAC

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Justices decline ruling on status of AIPAC

Jewish Telegraphic Agency

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee claimed victory this week in a 9-year-old legal standoff with several staunch critics of U.S. policy toward Israel. The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 ruling issued June 1, made it highly unlikely that the pro-Israel lobby will have to disclose information about its membership and expenditures - a goal sought by six former politicians and diplomats.

Alleging that AIPAC made campaign contributions and expenditures on behalf of political candidates, the plaintiffs have been urging the Federal Election Commission to regulate AIPAC as a political action committee - a designation that would force the organization to file public reports about all of its receipts and expenditures. But the high court chose not to rule on the status of AIPAC and instead sent the case back to the FEC. Thus the battle is not necessarily over, and the plaintiffs have vowed to press ahead with the case.

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