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.
Read Original at: The Washington Post
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