Senator John McCain (AZ-R), Senator Russell Feingold (WI-D), former Representative Christopher Shays (CT-R), and former Representative Martin Meehan (MA-D)
Amici Curiae
Scott L. Nelson, Counsel of Record The four Members of Congress in this Amicus brief were the principal sponsors of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA). Seth L. Nelson is an attorney with the Public Citizen Litigation Group, where he specializes in freedom of information law, workplace issues, and class action suits. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Appellee as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on February 24, 2009.Beyond the dispute over whether the contents of Hillary: The Movie are the functional equivalent of express advocacy — a fact-bound question that was…
