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...that the self-congratulation is dying down, politicians and party officials are discovering some of the unintended consequences of the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance law. "It's only dawning on people now how complicated it is," says campaign-law expert Bob Bauer. The law's central provision, a prohibition against federal candidates' using so-called soft money, will sever many of their ties to home-state political parties, which are not subject to the federal ban. Because federal candidates are barred even from raising soft money, it will be illegal for a Representative or Senator to so much as sign...
...when a media villain needs a lawyer, who better than Ken Starr? Just 24 hours after the bill finally passed, McConnell introduced a legal dream team led by the former special counsel. It will ask the Supreme Court to kill the new law. Senators John McCain and Russ Feingold always knew this would happen if their bill passed. The congressional fight was just a prelude to the main event: asking nine Justices to decide how extensively campaign cash can be regulated without impinging on democratic rights...
...since Bush v. Gore have so many constitutional lawyers jumped on a case. First Amendment liberal Floyd Abrams has joined Starr. McCain and Feingold are assembling their own impressive team to help U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson defend the law. Sources say former Clinton Solicitor General Seth Waxman will lead lawyers from Common Cause, Democracy 21 and other reform groups...
Knowing a court fight was coming, McCain and Feingold included a provision in the bill calling for a fast-track review process. A three-judge panel will hear McConnell's challenge, then the Supreme Court. At issue: the constitutionality of the bill's soft-money and issue-ad restrictions. "We started with the question, What do we think the court would uphold?" says Trevor Potter, a McCain ally and former Federal Elections Commission chairman...
...things Russ Feingold and I will be doing is trying to assist state initiatives that ask us to support efforts that reform their campaign systems. We'll help the states that want us to. We don't intend to come parachuting in and say here's what's best for you. But you'll see ballot initiatives in various states for campaign finance reform...