Davis' challenge to "Millionaire's Amendment"
The Washington Post reports: Wealthy, self-financed congressional candidate Jack Davis says the McCain-Feingold Act s Millionaire s Amendment, which raises the contribution limits for opponents of wealthy, self-financed candidates, is not only unfair but also unconstitutional, and his lawyers will try to persuade the Supreme Court of that tomorrow.
The provision violates his rights under the First and Fifth amendments, gives an advantage to his opponent and imposes reporting requirements that force him to reveal his campaign strategy, says Davis, an industrialist who unsuccessfuly ran for Congress as a Democrat in 2004 and 2006.
But that hardly means he has tired of trying. He announced last week that he will again run for the western New York seat of Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds R , who is departing the House. This time Davis, 75, is pledging to spend $3 million of his money on the effort.
That would bring to about $7 million the amount Davis has spent trying to be elected to Congress -- a total that might serve as Exhibit A in Congress s defense of the law, which was passed to combat the impression that congressional seats can be bought. -- Justices to Hear Challenge of Law That Affects Self-Funded Candidates - washingtonpost.com