The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a major Republican-led challenge to federal campaign finance rules.
At the heart of the case: whether limits on how much political parties can spend on behalf of candidates violate the First Amendment.
The lawsuit — National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission — was brought by the NRSC, the NRCC, and two Senate GOP candidates, including now–Vice President JD Vance.
Republicans argue the current law, part of the decades-old Federal Election Campaign Act, blocks parties from fully supporting their own candidates.
They say it puts unconstitutional restraints on political advocacy and party-candidate coordination during federal elections.
The Trump administration’s Justice Department has taken the unusual step of siding with the Republican committees — and against current federal law.
Meanwhile, top Democratic committees — the DNC, DSCC, and DCCC — have jumped in to defend the lower court ruling that upheld the restrictions.
The high court’s 6-3 conservative majority could reshape campaign finance rules nationwide, just as 2024 saw presidential campaigns raise $2 billion and spend nearly all of it.
Oral arguments are set for the fall, making this one of the biggest political cases of the term.