Supreme Court strikes down limits on political parties’ campaign spending, in win for GOP

Supreme Court strikes down limits on political parties’ campaign spending, in win for GOP

A Supreme Court Police officer and his dog patrol in front of the Court Building on June 22, 2026 in Washington, DC.

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down limits on the amount that political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for office, notching a win for Republicans who argued the restrictions violated the First Amendment.

The 6-3 ruling, which was opposed by the court’s liberal justices, overturns coordinated-expenditure limits that had been upheld following a previous legal challenge 25 years earlier.

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