WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Monday takes up campaign financing in a case that centers on the roll of "soft money" in the electoral system.
The case challenges the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance reform law adopted last year. Formally known as the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, it bans the use of soft money donations and restricts the use of so-called "issue" advertising.
More than 80 individuals and groups filed suit to overturn the law. In May, an appellate court upheld parts of the law but ruled others unconstitutional.
The Christian Science Monitor reports the justices are split on the issue.
Those who want campaign financing reformed long have maintained soft-money contributions undermine public confidence in the system and allow corporations and unions to flood the airways with campaign ads.
Opponents say reformers want to control too much of the election process and see the reform efforts as censorship.
