Legal Opinion
McConnell v. Federal Election Commission
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 1, 2003No. 02-582 CKK,KLH,RJL, 02-581 CKK,KLH,RJL, 02-633 CKK,KLH,RJL, 02-751 CKK,KLH,RJL, 02-753 CKK,KLH,RJL, 02-754 CKK,KLH,RJL, 02-781 CKK,KLH,RJL, 02-874 CKK,KLH,RJL, 02-875 CKK,KLH,RJLPublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PER CURIAM 1
Presently before this three-judge District Court are eleven consolidated actions challenging as unconstitutional the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, Pub.L. No. 107-155, 116 Stat. 81 (2002) (“BCRA”) and seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to prohibit its enforcement. The wide range of legal challenges raised by this litigation are highly complex, interrelated, and raise issues of fundamental importance not only to the conduct and financing of federal election campaigns but to the other rights involved that we enjoy under the Constitution. Because of…
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