Baptist Press -- Free speech advocates recently gained an important victory in their support of advertising on legislative issues during election campaigns. A special three-judge panel ruled Dec. 21 in favor of a pro-life organization that paid for issue ads during the 2004 election, saying such advertising does not violate a campaign finance reform law. The panel, which consisted of an appeals court judge and two federal judges in the District of Columbia circuit, voted 2-1 to uphold Wisconsin Right to Life's challenge to part of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act. The law is commonly referred to as "McCain-Feingold" for its prime Senate sponsors, John McCain, R.-Ariz., and Russell Feingold, D.-Wis. . . . [Click for more]Tags: pro-life, campaign finance, rules, free speech
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