Justices to Hear Challenge of Law That Affects Self-Funded Candidates
Robert Barnes has this report on the Washington Post that begins:
Wealthy, self-financed congressional candidate Jack Davis says the McCain-Feingold Act’s “Millionaire’s Amendment,” which raises the contribution limits for opponents of wealthy, self-financed candidates, is not only unfair but also unconstitutional, and his lawyers will try to persuade the Supreme Court of that tomorrow.
The provision violates his rights under the First and Fifth amendments, gives an advantage to his opponent and imposes reporting requirements that force him to reveal his campaign strategy, says Davis, an industrialist who unsuccessfuly ran for Congress as a Democrat in 2004 and 2006.