SCOTUS Strikes Down Party Spending Limits, Overruling 2001 Precedent

In a major shift for campaign finance law, the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down federal limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with their own candidates. The 6–3 conservative majority ruled that these restrictions violate the First Amendment, explicitly overruling the court's 2001 precedent established in Federal Election Commission v. Colorado Republican Federal Cam...