Supreme Court takes up a Republican appeal to end limits on party spending in federal elections

Wisconsin elections, already flooded with cash, could get even more expensive

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a GOP-backed challenge to a decades-old campaign finance law that limits how much parties can spend in coordination with candidates for federal office. By Annie Pulley, THE BADGER PROJECT Elections in Wisconsin are setting new spending records every year, but the U.S. Supreme Court appears set to allow even more money into political races across the country if it rules the way experts expect it to in a p…

Supreme Court To Decide Whether Political Parties Can Act Like Political Parties

By Hans von Spakovsky via The Daily Signal | July 07, 2025 Just before breaking for the summer recess, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case in its October term that, in essence, concerns whether Congress can limit political parties from doing what they are formed to do — i.e., support their candidates. That’s the issue at stake in National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission, an appeal from a 6th U.S. Circuit C…

Supremes to Decide Whether Political Parties Can Act Like Political Parties

Just before breaking for the summer recess, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case in its October term that, in essence, concerns whether Congress can limit political parties from doing what they are formed to do—i.e., support their candidates.  That’s the issue at stake in National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission, an appeal from a 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in a case originally filed by then-…

SCOTUS Will Hear Republicans’ Challenge to Campaign Finance Limits

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to a 1971 campaign finance law that limits coordination between political parties and candidates. The challenge was brought by the National Republican Congressional Committee and two candidates, including then-Senator JD Vance. In a statement, Public Citizen called on justices to reject the challenge, writing, “In the 15 years since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United abysmal decision opened the fl

Campaign finance limits: Supreme Court takes up challenge from Ohio Republicans

JD Vance and Steve Chabot's case could remove restrictions on how much political parties can spend in coordination with federal candidates

More About SCOTUS's 'GOP Guts Campaign Finance Law' Case

The Supreme Court is taking up another Republican legal case seeking to erode campaign finance law and give more power to the wealthy donors seeking to influence elections. On Monday, the court agreed to hear a challenge to campaign finance restrictions w limit the ability of party committees to directly coordinate spending with individual candidates. The anti-corruption group Public Citizen argues that this provision was put in place to "guard …