Campaign Finance Reform Goes to the Courts

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	December 4, 2002. RNC Chairman Marc Racicot talks to reporters while some of the members of the plaintiffs' legal team look on. [L-R: Benjamin L. Ginsberg (Patton Boggs LLP), unidentified, Bobby Burchfield (Covington & Burling), unidentified, RNC Chief Counsel Tom Josefiak, RNC Press Secretary Jim Dyke, and RNC Deputy Counsel Charles Spies. The introduction to the RNC brief (Party and Candidate Soft Money Provisions) charged that Title I of the BCRA: "...is an assault on the federal structure of American government, exceeding Congress' delegated authority and infringing the principles of federalism embodied in the Constitution"; "...violates political parties' First Amendment right of association"; "...restricts their 'pure speech' through its restrictions on the solicitation of lawful contributions"; and "...undermines their ability to engage in effective political advocacy." See Plaintiffs' Briefs on the Campaign And Media Legal Center website.