IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF HAWAII
IN THE MATTER OF MARY LOU WOO TRUSTEE, PLAINTIFF
vs
BOBBY N. HARMON, DEFENDANT
(JUDGES DAVID A. EZRA AND KEVIN S. CHANG)
DEFENDANT’S WITNESS
MITCH McCONNELL
Republican Senator from Kentucky; majority whip in the Senate; major opponent of the McCain-Feingold Bill for Campaign Finance Reform and major proponent of unlimited campaign contributions based upon the First Amendment ; husband of U.S. Secretary of Labor, Elaine Chao.
On December 10, 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld most provisions of the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2002 in a 5 to 4 decision seen as a victory for campaign finance reform advocates. After a six and a half year effort, the Senate passed BCRA in a 60 to 40 vote on March 20, 2002. President Bush quietly signed the measure into law (Public Law No. 107-155) on March 27, 2002; it took effect on November 6, 2002. The law next faced the Federal Election Commission's rulemaking process and legal challenges.
On March 21, 2002, the day after the Senate passed the bill, Sen. Mitch McConnell, who termed the measure "unconstitutional" and an "assault" on freedom of speech, announced the heavyweight legal team he has put together to challenge the legislation--Floyd Abrams, Judge Kenneth Starr, James Bopp, Bobby R. Burchfield, Jan Baran, and Dean Kathleen M. Sullivan. The very day Bush signed the bill, McConnell filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Suits by various other groups were consolidated into McConnell v. FEC.
Senator Mitchell McConnell
361-A Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Fax: (202) 224-2499
This witness is expected to testify regarding his political, business, professional and personal relationships with Jack Abramoff, Karl Rove, “Scooter” Libby, Hal Rogers, Ernie Fletcher, Gale Norton, Bureau of Indian Affairs, The Nature Conservancy, Henry Paulson, Peter Savio, Frank Carlucci, Carlyle Group, Ashland Oil, Aloha Petroleum, Wackenhut, John Peyton, Corrections Corp. of America, John Snow, CSX, Inc., Ralph Reed, Jr., Grover Norquist, Michael Scanlon, Dan Inouye, Daniel Akaka, Neil Abercrombie, Ed Case, Linda Lingle, Maurice Greenberg, American International Group (AIG), Lippo Group, Robert Rubin, Citigroup, James T. Riady, John Huang, Sukamto Sia, Al Gore, William B. Blount, Protective Life Corp., CRC Protective Life Insurance, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Bill Frist, Columbia/HCA, Hawaiian Tropics, Randy “Duke” Cunningham, Titan Corp., Kathleen Sullivan, and other entities to be named upon discovery.
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