[Law]

It was a set of interlocking and contradictory opinions so complex that two of the three federal judges who ruled in the campaign finance case tried to summarize the panel's 20 main holdings in a four-page spreadsheet. The chart itself was nearly incomprehensible.

This is the first paragraph in an excellent legal analysis of the case, at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/03/politics/03ASSE.html

[Brandon]

Thank you for the link you provided to that election law blog. The more I dig into this and the more I read, the less it looks like a victory for the good guys. I think we need to wait and see what it looks like when the dust has settled and people have had a chance to really read this monstrosity.