Campaign finance law fought by 'odd bedfellows'.(NATION)

From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: May 7, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: Frank J. Murray, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Opponents of the campaign reform act believe comparisons with pornography are the best way to muster public support for killing the new law in the courts.

"Pornography has greater protection in this country than political speech," former Sen. Malcolm Wallop, now chairman of Frontiers of Freedom, said of a Supreme Court ruling allowing sexual displays with computerized images of children.

Today is the deadline to join an extraordinary fast-track process that will determine the constitutionality of the election law enacted ...

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