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SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL FILES LEGAL CHALLENGE TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW
Sen. Mitch McConnell ^ | March 27, 2002 | McConnell's Press Office

Posted on 03/27/2002 11:57:51 AM PST by ravingnutter

For Immediate Release
March 27, 2002

SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL FILES LEGAL CHALLENGE TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Following through on his promise to challenge the constitutionality of the campaign finance bill recently passed by Congress, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) today filed a legal challenge with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia moments after the bill was signed into law.

"Today, I filed suit to defend the First Amendment right of all Americans to be able to fully participate in the political process,” said McConnell. "I look forward to being joined by a strong group of co-plaintiffs in the very near future.”

Last Thursday, Senator McConnell introduced the legal team that will represent him in this challenge. It consists of well-known First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams; former Solicitor General and former judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Ken Starr; First Amendment Scholar and Dean of the Stanford University Law School, Kathleen Sullivan; general counsel for the Madison Center for Free Speech, James Bopp; and prominent Washington election lawyer Jan Baran.

As for the content of his legal challenge, McConnell simply said: "The complaint speaks for itself." A summary of the legal challenge is attached. For a complete text of the suit filed today, go to the following website - campaignfinance.stanford.edu.


TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: cfr; cfrlist; silenceamerica
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To: cmsgop
Medved today said McCain might have pulled a "Jeffords" if Bush did not sign

All the more reason President Bush should have vetoed the bill.

141 posted on 03/27/2002 2:31:20 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: jwalsh07
All the more reason President Bush should have vetoed the bill.

Think about that for a second.......
142 posted on 03/27/2002 2:33:09 PM PST by cmsgop
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To: samtheman
ANybody who thinks this is the endgame for CFR is whacky. The endgane is public financing, the forcible taking of my dollars to give to marxists, abortionists, gun grabbers and every day stinkin rats. This is simply a preview.
143 posted on 03/27/2002 2:34:29 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: deport
And in the process sold his soul to the devil.

That's what I call lying, breaking one's promises, and violating an oath one called upon God Himself to witness.

144 posted on 03/27/2002 2:34:35 PM PST by Renatus
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To: cmsgop
Whats to think about?
145 posted on 03/27/2002 2:35:03 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: Renatus

You are really into this stuff... Now you know the he knew the bill was unconstitutional... wow. It's one thing to question parts are all of it as being unconstitutional but the final determinate under our system is the Judiciary.... The peoples representatives spoke, do you have a problem with our system?

Just trying to "make sense"

146 posted on 03/27/2002 2:35:18 PM PST by deport
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To: jwalsh07
I wonder if there is any fighting spirit left in America to 'scare' the congress critters into NOT even thinking about that?
147 posted on 03/27/2002 2:37:20 PM PST by madison46
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To: jwalsh07
Bush knows THIS BILL IS A LOSER!!!!!! just kick back have a Brew and watch......

Regards...
148 posted on 03/27/2002 2:40:21 PM PST by cmsgop
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To: madison46
Honestly, I don't know.
149 posted on 03/27/2002 2:40:32 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: cmsgop
President Bush made a mistake. Why do you think he did without any fanfare? Here is an honest question for you.

Do you think that President Bush felt a surge of pride or distaste when he signed that bill this morning?

150 posted on 03/27/2002 2:42:34 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: Rebelbase
I tend to agree with you.

Dubya is one smart politician. At first take, I wished he would have slammed-dunked this anti first amendment CFR sham.

But, he has learned "wisely" during his Yale days in the "Skulls and Bones"....he set up the democRATS and McPain for a Supreme Court rejection in their attempted usurpation of the Constitution. He wins on both side.

Mustang sends.

151 posted on 03/27/2002 2:42:46 PM PST by Mustang
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To: Renatus
He signed a bill that he knew was unconstitutional after taking and oath to uphold and protect the constitution.

Okay... Now splain it to me how signing the bill so Mitch can run it over to the Supreme Court for a proper roasting fundamentally voilates that oath? Perhaps, if the poison pill language wasn't there, and Mitch and others were not standing by to ferry it accross the river Styx and into Supreme Court oblivion, you would have point.

P.S. Go look up the word politics, it might shed some light on the issue for you. This is real world, not a passion play or a greek tragedy, Renatus.

152 posted on 03/27/2002 2:44:11 PM PST by PsyOp
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To: samtheman
Thanks!
153 posted on 03/27/2002 2:44:58 PM PST by PsyOp
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To: jwalsh07
"ANybody who thinks this is the endgame for CFR is whacky. The endgane is public financing, the forcible taking of my dollars to give to marxists, abortionists, gun grabbers and every day stinkin rats. This is simply a preview."

Constitution-hater Bush already gave your money to Planned Parenthood. He let it be known that the Vitter Amendment should be dropped in the House, but that the CFR should advance. Shows you where his loyalties lie. Why are people so surprised that Bush is a Bush....?

154 posted on 03/27/2002 2:45:53 PM PST by toenail
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To: jwalsh07
Do you think that President Bush felt a surge of pride or distaste when he signed that bill this morning?

IMHO I think he Laughed His Ass Off and did not want that on Tom Brokaw tonight. Like I said this is a game and I trust my President to do the right thing,......Do you want me to send you a Case Of Beer Too?.....:*)
155 posted on 03/27/2002 2:49:00 PM PST by cmsgop
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To: Congressman Billybob
Thanks for the information....I wonder if the reporter meant the Justice Dept?.....hmmmmm!
156 posted on 03/27/2002 2:49:40 PM PST by mystery-ak
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To: cmsgop
Nah. my case of beer days are but a cloudy memory. He wasn't proud of what he did and beieve it or not, I think that speaks well for him. Had he done the dog and pony show with Shays, Meehan, Feingold and McNut I would be one of the ones screaming, I'll never vote for that sumbitch again.
157 posted on 03/27/2002 2:52:58 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: PsyOp
What is so underhanded, devious and Republic shattering about that?

Because not one republican [OK, maybe a handfull, but I haven't heard of any], stood up and said, "I have taken a solemn oath to protect and defend the US Constitution. This bill, which would restrict the freedom of speech for all Americans, is a violation of the First Amendment. Therefore I can't vote for/sign it."

Instead, all I hear is excuses from the Bush apologists as we waltz down the Road to Serfdom. "Just wait, brilliant move, this will work out...blahblahblah"

What is it going to take to wake some people up? A knock on the door at 3AM?

158 posted on 03/27/2002 2:54:26 PM PST by snopercod
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To: ravingnutter
Geez, dude, do your homework before going off in a tizzy.

No Tizzy here, the plain and simple truth is the President
could have and should have vetoed this bill. Nothing I heard
during the campaign would have led me to beleive he would
ever sign anything like this. As a matter of fact he said it would
mean the end of the Republican party.

This is not an issue that should not be decided on the basis of
some calculated political ploy, but the common sense constitutional
Issue.

159 posted on 03/27/2002 2:56:55 PM PST by itsahoot
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To: PsyOp
There are too many purists around here who do not understand the meanings of the words politics and compromise and wits and out-witting your opponent by stealth and intelligence.

Look, I screamed with the loudest here that Bush should veto CFR, I wrote emails to the Whitehouse and I signed the petition (and before the bill passed to all three of my congresspukes) but now it's over and we have to go forward.

Going forward for me means --- now that Bush has decided to act in the way that he has --- accepting his decision and supporting him, maybe not in this decision but as the President I voted for. And accepting that his judgement on this issue (an issue that must surely have been discussed at length with his advisors) is better than my own. I chose to look forward, at the next battle. I have NOT lost my faith in my president, just because he did something I disagreed with.

160 posted on 03/27/2002 2:56:56 PM PST by samtheman
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