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ificandream

(11,692 posts) Tue Dec 9, 2025, 10:39 AM Dec 9

Supreme Court weighs Republican appeal to end limits on party spending in federal elections

Source: Associated Press

By MARK SHERMAN
Updated 5:25 AM PST, December 9, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court is considering a Republican-led drive, backed by President Donald Trump's administration, to overturn a quarter-century-old decision and erase limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president.

A day after the justices indicated they would overturn a 90-year-old decision limiting the president's power to fire independent agency heads, the court on Tuesday is revisiting a 2001 decision that upheld a provision of federal election law that is more than 50 years old. Democrats are calling on the court to uphold the law.

The limits stem from a desire to prevent large donors from skirting caps on individual contributions to a candidate by directing unlimited sums to the party, with the understanding that the money will be spent on behalf of the candidate.

The Federal Election Commission and the GOP argue that the court should cast a skeptical eye on the limits, in line with recent high court decisions. Led by Chief Justice John Roberts, a conservative majority has upended a variety of congressionally enacted limits on raising and spending money to influence elections. The court's 2010 Citizens United decision opened the door to unlimited independent spending in federal elections.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-campaign-finance-republican-spending-limits-0381e78b1e8a8da0e49f5b55b543894e

Good grief, wasn't Citizens United enough? Don't we have enough corruption thanks to this ever-grifting administration?
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Supreme Court weighs Republican appeal to end limits on party spending in federal elections (Original Post) ificandream Dec 9 OP

The Thomas Court will scrap the limits Miguelito Loveless Dec 9 #1

How much will the Sick Six be paid to overturn another law? Bayard Dec 9 #2

Goodbye spending limits RetiredParatrooper Dec 9 #3

I was listening to a little of the live feed ... ificandream Dec 9 #4

The states have authority to limit political contributions by corporations. pecosbob Dec 9 #5

Repugs B.See Dec 9 #6

Miguelito Loveless

(5,431 posts)

1. The Thomas Court will scrap the limits

Reply to ificandream (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 12:13 PM

Dec 9

Bayard

(28,619 posts)

2. How much will the Sick Six be paid to overturn another law?

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Tue Dec 9, 2025, 12:50 PM

Dec 9

RetiredParatrooper

(83 posts)

3. Goodbye spending limits

Reply to ificandream (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 01:19 PM

Dec 9

It is critical that the United States get a handle on this. No who lives in reality can write this crap:

"Independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption."

- Anthony Kennedy

And no one who isn't corrupt would put their name on agreeing with that shit.

ificandream

(11,692 posts)

4. I was listening to a little of the live feed ...

Reply to ificandream (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 03:08 PM

Dec 9

... and it sounded like Coney Barrett was skeptical about removing the limits. We'll see what happens, of course, but I'm hopeful she's not the only one of the conservatives to think that way.