Russ Feingold: “Let me say with regard to this ongoing discussion of constitutional scholars that I don't know how many of the…”

“Let me say with regard to this ongoing discussion of constitutional scholars that I don't know how many of the constitutional scholars in the letter presented by the Senator from Arizona and the Senator from Wisconsin have actually practiced these cases in court. I don't know the answer to that. It could be that many of them have. But the American Civil Liberties Union, which was cocounsel to Senator Buckley in the 1996 case and has handled a lot of this litigation over the years, believes that the provisions of the McCain-Feingold substitute with regard to issue advocacy is unconstitutional. The American Civil Liberties Union is America's expert on the first amendment.”