The Supreme Court of the United StatesBipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA

In our American Government course we were introduced to many forms of campaign financing. One of these forms was that of so called “soft money” aspect of campaign financing. Our generic definition was that of moneys given to a national political party committees for activities of party building. This is some what accurate in some instances but not all. In class we came to know this type of financing as illegal in light of legislation of the Congress. This legislation is now scheduled to be overviewed on appeal in the US Supreme Court.
The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act was suppose to create a more fare and balanced campaign free from corruption and special interest coercion. At the outset of this movement was that of closing loopholes but went much further. As in the actual introduction of the case before the court states “the Bipartisan Campaign Act of ...