LibGuides: Campaign Finance: McConnell v. FEC Case Materials and Context: Media Coverage and Statements

News and Opinion

What McCain-Feingold Really Means: The Campaign Finance Reform Bill is in Effect — At Least Until the Supreme Court Renders its Judgment, Business Week (June 4, 2003)
Richard A. Oppel, Jr., A Candidate Turns New Money Rules to His Advantage, New York Times (June 3, 2003)
Rob Witwer, Campaign-Finance Reform, Ad Nauseum, Denver Post (May 28, 2003)
Lyle Denniston, Attack-ad ban makes strange bedfellows, Boston Globe (May 13, 2003)
Charles Lane, NRA Asks Rehnquist to Allow Ads, Washington Post (May 13, 2003)
Stuart Taylor Jr., Three Judges, Four Opinions, 1,638 Pages, And One Good Idea, The Atlantic (May 1, 2003)
Richard A. Oppel Jr., Election Law’s Sponsors Seek Stay on All of Ruling, New York Times (May 9, 2003)
Marci Hamilton, The D.C. District Court’s Recent Campaign Finance Opinions: The Fourteen-Pound Tome Underscores the Policy, As Well as Legal, Problems with the Act, Findlaw (May 8, 2003)
George F. Will, 1,600 Pages of Confusion, Washington Post (May 8, 2003)
Soft money ban survives, barely, San Francisco Chronicle (May 7, 2003)
Neely Tucker, An Absence of Judicial Restraint? Unusually Angry Bickering Marks Decision on Campaign Finance Law, Washington Post (May 7, 2003)
Neely Tucker, Judges Struggle on Campaign Finance: Lower Court Delays Imperil Plan for Supreme Court Ruling by 2004 Elections, Washington Post (April 4, 2003)
Seth P. Waxman, Free Speech and Campaign Reform Don’t Conflict, New York Times (July 10, 2002)
Richard J. Oppel, Jr., Election Panel Rebuffs an Effort to Weaken Curb on ‘Issue Ads’, New York Times (June 20, 2002)
David S. Broder, ‘Reform’ Derailed, Washington Post (April 24, 2002)
James Bopp Jr. and Richard E. Coleson, Fatal Flaws in the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, BNA’s Daily Report for Executives (April 22, 2002)
Trevor Potter, New Law Follows Supreme Court Rulings, BNA’s Daily Report Report for Executives (April 22, 2002)
Leigh Strope, Labor Federation Files Lawsuit, Associated Press (April 22, 2002)
Tom Campbell, Arguments before the court: Why the Legal Challenge to Overturn Campaign-Finance Reform Law Will Not Succeed, SFGATE (April 10, 2002)
Jim Abrams, Plaintiffs Join Campaign Finance Suit, Associated Press (April 10, 2002)
Akhil Reed Amar & Vikram David Amar, Breaking Constitutional Faith: President Bush And Campaign Finance Reform, Findlaw (April 5, 2002)
Jim Abrams, Christians, Teens Join Finance Fight, Associated Press (April 5, 2002)
Jim Abrams, Lawmakers File Finance Reform Papers, Associated Press (April 2, 2002)
John W. Dean, Let the Next Fight Begin: Campaign Finance Reform Goes To Court, Findlaw (March 29, 2002)
David Stout, President Signs Campaign Bill, and Opponents Challenge It, New York Times (March 27, 2002)
Mike Allen, Bush Signs Reform Law; Multiple Lawsuits Filed, Washington Post (March 27, 2002)
Neil A. Lewis, Coming Next, Landmark Ruling in Campaign Money Fight, New York Times (March 23, 2002)
Alison Mitchell, Campaign Finance Battle Heading to Court, New York Times (March 22, 2002)
Nick Anderson, Starr Will Help Fight Finance Reform, L.A. Times (March 22, 2002)
Jim Abrams, Starr Gets in Campaign Finance Fold, Associated Press (March 21, 2002)
Alison Mitchell, Campaign Finance Bill Wins Final Approval in Congress and Bush Says He'll Sign It, New York Times (March 21, 2002)
Helen Dewar, Senate Passes Historic Overhaul of Campaign Finance Rules, Washington Post (March 20, 2002)
Tom Campbell, Dollars and Sense of Reform, SFGATE (February 25, 2002)
Kathleen M. Sullivan, Sleazy Ads? Or Flawed Rules?, New York Times (March 8, 2000).
Kathleen M. Sullivan, Paying Up Is Speaking Up, New York Times (October 24, 1999).

Statements

Statement from U.S. Senators John McCain and Russ Feingold and Representatives Christopher Shays and Marty Meehan On Today’s Court Decision on the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (May 2, 2003)
Press Release of Senator McConnell: Statement of U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell on the Campaign Finance Lawsuits Filed Today by the Republican National Committee, California Democratic Party, California Republican Party and other State and Local Party Committees and Officials (May 7, 2002)
Press Release of Senator McConnell: Senator McConnell Welcomes Labor, Business and Broadcase Organizations in Challenge of Campaign Finance Law (April 22, 2002)
Press Release of the AFLCIO (April 22, 2002)
Press Release of Senator John McCain: Members of Congress File Papers to Defend Campaign Finance Reform Law in Court (April 2, 2002)
President Signs Campaign Finance Reform Act: Statement by the President (March 27, 2002)
Statement of Senator John McCain: McCain, Feingold, Shays, Meehan Announce Campaign Finance Reform Legal Team (March 27, 2002)
Statement of Senator Mitch McConnell: Senator Mitch McConnell Files Legal Challenge to Campaign Finance Law (March 27, 2002)
Statement by the NRA: Joint Statement by Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President, the National Rifle Association of America and James Jay Baker, Executive Director, NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action (March 27, 2002)
Statement of Floyd Abrams Re: Legal Challenge to Campaign Finance Legislation (March 21, 2002)
Statement of Senator Mitch McConnell: Senator McConnell Unveils Campaign Finance Legal Team (March 21, 2002)
Statement of Kathleen M. Sullivan (March 21, 2002)
ACLU Press Release ACLU Prepares to Defend First Amendment in Campaign Finance Struggle (March 21, 2002)
Statement of Senator Russ Feingold: Remarks of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold During Today’s Debate on the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform Bill (March 20, 2002)
Statement of Senator John McCain: McCain Lauds Senate Passage of Landmark Campaign Finance Reform Bill (March 20, 2002)