Supreme Court strikes down limits on political party spending

Summary by The Los Angeles Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: Grady Martin, Nina Totenberg | NPR, as published by LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio) · June 30, 2026 · 1 min read

The Supreme Court yet again loosened campaign finance restrictions on Tuesday by striking down limits on how much political parties may raise and spend on candidates. By a 6-to-3 vote along ideological lines, the court ruled the law, which had been enacted in 1974, violates political parties' Fi...

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