 Abrams argued on First Amendment principles that, having funded the museum, it must continue to do so without interfering in its freedom of speech in selecting what to exhibit.Judge Nina Gershon ruled in favor of the museum, and required the City to resume its funding on the same basis as previously.Many liberals were upset at Abrams when he and Kenneth Starr successfully challenged the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance-reform as a violation of the First Amendment.