The U.S. Supreme Court on June 30 struck down federal limits restricting political parties from coordinating spending with candidates.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote the court’s majority opinion in National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) v. Federal Election Commission (FEC), which was the NRSC’s challenge to provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act.
Kavanaugh wrote, “The Federal Election Campaign Act, known as FECA, limits a political party’s campaign spending. Those spending limits necessarily abridge political parties’ freedom of speech.”
He added that the “constitutional text, history, and precedent establish that the political-party coordinated-expenditure limits violate the First Amendment.”
Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented….
Supreme Court Lifts Limits on Campaign Spending in Federal Elections
