McCain-Feingold Unmade? (New Regulator Opposes Campaign Finance Law)

[Khephra]

McCain-Feingold Unmade?
New Election Regulator Opposes Campaign Finance Law
By Thomas B. Edsall
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, February 5, 2004; Page A19


Today, Bradley A. Smith takes the gavel of the Federal Election Commission under pressure from an exceptional array of conflicting forces as the regulatory agency addresses the first major issue in the enforcement of the 2002 McCain-Feingold campaign finance law .

For Chairman Smith, almost all campaign finance regulation is wrongheaded, does the opposite of what it claims and routinely infringes on the right to free speech. Intellectual convictions, partisan interests and a Supreme Court decision are all pounding this former law professor, and he is getting a little testy.

"I'm not going to get sucked into this 'Will you enforce the law?' stuff," he replied to a question about how he will deal with one of the biggest issues to face the FEC. "I just don't want to answer it."

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13902-2004Feb4.html

[indepat]

1. Selective enforcement of laws to suit political aims

[salin]

2. hey I'm an anti democracy republican - I don't care that congress

(who has the constitutional authority to do so) passed it, nor that the president (who has the constitutional authority to do so) signed it - I just am not going to enforce it... Hey I am a republican and I was appointed (no election) and I can do what I want ... democracy is so... twentieth century...

[sendero]

3. great...

... so we have a "one dollar, one vote" moron running the FEC. What will they think of next?