As I reported here on Wednesday, the Republican Party was looking to file a lawsuit that would end the McCain-Feingold Act, which sets limits on soft  money that can be raised during a campaign; well folks, as expected, the deed has been done as the Republican National Committee announced today that they will file lawsuits in the District of Columbia and the State of Louisiana challenging, respectively, the constitutionality of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act’s (aka the McCain-Feingold Act) ban on national political parties raising and spending non-federal money and the constitutionality of of political party coordinated expenditure limits.

Added RNC Chairman Robert “Mike” Duncan,

“The campaign finance restrictions the RNC today challenged infringe on the First Amendment’s core: political speech and association. The RNC must have the ability to support state candidates, coordinate expenditures with our candidates, and truly engage in political activity on a national level. The RNC has operated under and complied with these provisions of the law since their enactment, and as applied it is unconstitutional.”

The only thing I can say about this lawsuit – and I am certain that a lot of you agree on this in light of the fact that President-elect Barack Obama initially agreed to accept public financing, then reneged on that promise, then raised money that was dubious in not only its origins, but also specifically the parties who donated these sums – is that it is about time that the RNC jumped all over this.  This will be significant as although the next election is not until 2012, campaign finance reform will be a very real issue just before the 2012 primaries.  I have the proposed lawsuits for both D.C. and Louisiana here for your viewing pleasure.

To view the D.C. Soft Money Suit, click here.

To view the Louisiana Coordinated Expenditure lawsuit, click here. 

Source: GOP.com