Fw: Is the New Campaign Finance Reform Law Constitutional?

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From: " Congress Watchdog " <CONGRESSWATCHDOG@...>

Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 2:35 PM

Subject: Is the New Campaign Finance Reform Law Constitutional?

Critics from both the right and left have filed federal lawsuits alleging

that the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002

(McCain-Feingold/Shays-Meehan) is unconstitutional. We thought you would be

interested in a fact sheet recently written by Public Citizen that explains

why the recent law is constitutional.

The fact sheet is posted on our website at:

http://www.citizen.org/congress/campaign/issues/constitution/articles.cfm?ID

=7421

For an overview outlining the wins and losses in the new campaign finance

reform law, please click here:

http://www.citizen.org/congress/campaign/legislation/mccain-feingold/article

s.cfm?ID=7430

With water always flowing downhill, the recently passed ban on soft money

contributions will likely force special interests to seek another conduit

for their river of fat-cat cash. Read about the potential vehicles for

special interest influences here:

http://www.citizen.org/congress/campaign/legislation/mccain-feingold/article

s.cfm?ID=7429

Please forward this message to your friends, family and activist networks.

For more information about this, and other issues Public Citizen works on,

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