Organizations in favor of campaign finance reform included many public interest groups, such as Common Cause, Democracy 21, the Campaign Legal Center, and Democracy Matters.
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Opposition came from a coalition of organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Competitive Politics (both of which argue that campaign finance reform would harm free speech) and the National Rifle Association, National Right to Life Committee, and other organizations.
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Bradley A. Smith (born 1958) is an American jurist and legal scholar, currently the Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault Professor of Law at Capital University Law School, who was Commissioner, Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) between 2000 and 2005 and is best known for his writing and activities opposing campaign finance regulation.