Supreme Court will take up Republican challenge to campaign finance restrictions

• The law's supporters argue without the restrictions, large donors could sidestep individual contribution caps.

Driving the news: The justices said Monday they would review a ruling from an appeals court that upheld a decades-old federal election law provision on coordinated party expenditures, one that the Supreme Court itself affirmed in 2001.

• The justices will hear oral arguments in the case in the fall.
• Coordinated party expenditure limits vary depending on a state's voting age population and the office sought.

By the numbers: In 2025, the expenditure limits range from $127,200 to $3,946,100 for Senate nominees.

• For House races, the caps are $127,200 in states with only one representative and $63,600 in all other states.

Catch up quick: The National Republican Senatorial Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee filed the lawsuit in 2022, joined by then-Sen. JD Vance and former Rep. Steve Chabot, another Ohio Republican.

• An appeals court upheld the provision, citing the Supreme Court's 2001 ruling in the FEC v. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee case.

Zoom out: The Trump administration noted to the court in a May brief that while the Justice Department has "a longstanding policy of defending challenged federal statutes," it believes this is "the rare case that warrants an exception to that general approach."

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