On June 26, the Republican National Committee, and a prospective donor to the party who lives in Alabama, filed a lawsuit against the federal law that limits how much money an individual may donate to a national committee of a political party. The case is McCutcheon v Federal Election Commission, 1:12-cv-1034. It is filed in Washington, D.C., and the plaintiffs have requested a three-judge court, which is the norm for lawsuits that challenge federal campaign finance laws. The lawsuit also challenges the law that limits an individual’s total donations in any two-year period to all federal candidates and to political parties, combined, to a certain amount of money. Here is the brief.

Under current federal campaign law, political parties have more restrictions relative to receiving donations and spending money than any other type of group. Thanks to Dan Tokaji for the link.