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The Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned campaign finance limits for political parties working in coordination with candidates over free speech concerns in a 6-3 decision. <\/p>\n

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The case stemmed from a challenge that was filed by Vice President JD Vance when he was an Ohio senator and focuses on whether party committees can coordinate spending more openly with political campaigns since there were limits on how much political parties could spend in coordination with candidates. <\/p>\n

The Federal Election Campaign Act\u2019s \u201cpolitical-party coordinated-expenditure limits violate the First Amendment,\u201d the decision, written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, says. <\/p>\n

Kavanaugh was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett. Justice Elena Kagan wrote the dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson. <\/p>\n

Case background <\/h3>\n

Vance filed the lawsuit in 2022, along with former Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio. They earned the backing of the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee. <\/p>\n

As it stands, donors can give less to individual candidates than they can to party committees like the NRSC and NRCC. Vance challenged the spending limits on First Amendment grounds. <\/p>\n

\u201cFECA\u2019s limits impair the party\u2019s traditional forms of communication such as advertisements; preclude parties from amplifying the voice of their adherents; impose additional monetary costs and burdens on political parties; and inflict a \u2018stifling effect on the ability of the party to do what it exists to do,\u2019\u201d the majority opinion says. <\/p>\n

The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Vance last year, and the Supreme Court overturned that ruling. <\/p>\n

The court has long debated what restrictions can be placed on campaign spending while also juggling the Constitution\u2019s free speech protections. In 2001, the Supreme Court upheld these same restrictions. <\/p>\n

When President Donald Trump took office last year, the Federal Election Commission decided to agree with Vance and not defend the lower court\u2019s ruling, like the Biden administration did. <\/p>\n

So, the justices appointed Roman Martinez, a former clerk to Roberts, to argue in favor of the case. Martinez argued that the court should throw the case our since it\u2019s not clear that Vance won\u2019t run for president in the future. <\/p>\n

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Vance\u2019s only legal standing in the case is if he plans to run for office again and without another run, Vance has no injury in the case, he argued. <\/p>\n

Kavanaugh wrote that Vance did have standing in the case since he still has a statement of candidacy file open with the FEC. <\/p>\n

The Democratic National Committee filed a motion to intervene in the case, looking to uphold the lower court ruling. DNC lawyer Mark Elias argued before the court, leaning heavily on precedent, saying if the justices overturn the lower court\u2019s decision, it will \u201cfundamentally reshape the campaign finance regime.\u201d <\/p>\n

Andrea Levin, general counsel for the DNC, previously told the Deseret News that the case is \u201cvery remarkable\u201d because not only are Republicans returning to the Supreme Court with the same issue 25 years later, but the Trump administration has stepped in \u201cto not only defend a duly passed campaign finance law that\u2019s been on the books for years.\u201d <\/p>\n

Levin said the administration and FEC is \u201cabdicating its duty to defend the law\u201d by siding with Vance\u2019s case. <\/p>\n

Republicans in the case say if the justices were to strike down the precedent, it wouldn\u2019t lead to corruption or more donor influence. Manhattan Institute fellow Ilya Shapiro agreed. <\/p>\n

He said there would be \u201cno difference\u201d in corruption or voter confidence in election integrity. Shapiro expressed confidence that the justices would side with Vance\u2019s argument. <\/p>\n

Sotomayor seemed skeptical during oral arguments, saying that every time the court interferes in a campaign finance issue, like the 2010 landmark Citizens United ruling, they end up amplifying voices of corporations but diminishing the voice of the party. <\/p>\n

\u201cNow you want to now tinker some more and try to raise the voice of one party. Our tinkering does more harm than it does good,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

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This story will be updated. <\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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