The Supreme Court grappled with federal limits restricting political parties from coordinating spending with candidates during oral arguments on Dec. 9.
Limits on spending coordinated between party committees and candidates were created on the theory that not having them encourages corruption and allows wealthy donors to have outsized influence.
Congress enacted the Federal Election Campaign Act in 1972 to limit spending and fundraising in campaigns for federal political office, amending it in 1974 to limit how much political party committees may accept and spend to influence a federal election.
The case, National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) v. Federal Election Commission (FEC), is NRSC’s challenge to provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act….