Democratic Party Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Intervene in Case Over Limits on Political Party Spending

On May 30, the Democratic National Committee asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in National Republican Senatorial Committee v Federal Election Commission, 24-621. This is the case in which the Republican Party is hoping to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down limits on how much political parties can spend on their own nominees (assuming the party and the candidate are allowed to coordinate).

The case so far is unusual, because the FEC has told the court that it won’t defend the federal limits. So the Democratic Party, which supports the limits, wants to be part of the case. Here is the Democratic Party’s filing.

Also on May 30, the Republican Party filed this reply brief in the case.


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Democratic Party Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Intervene in Case Over Limits on Political Party Spending — 8 Comments

  1. Well I’m Donald Trump, the one they’re talking about, if you talk crap about me you’ll get punched in the mouth.

    If you disrespect me, forget about it, forget it. Best case for you is you’ll survive to regret it.

  2. A bit late on their part to suddenly start treating the idea of limiting big money’s influence in politics as a priority. In fact, that’s probably the point; like with other issues, they won’t act when they have the majority, but then act when the Republicans are in majority control and it’s guaranteed to fail. They come off as looking like the good guys to their party faithful, and their major donors are kept happy.

  3. If you want to limit big money’s influence in politics, the only thing which will actually work is to limit big government’s influence over money and all financial matters. Good luck with that.

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