WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down Watergate-era limits on how much political parties can spend in a coordinated campaign with their candidates.
By a 6-3 vote, the court said the restrictions on parties and their campaign ads violate the 1st Amendment.
Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh said the court was restoring broad free speech protections for parties and their candidates.
“For nearly 200 years after the ratification of the 1st Amendment, parties could spend freely to support their candidates during campaigns and could do so in coordination with the candidates,” he wrote. “Notably, no one suggests ‘that these elections were
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