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US Supreme Court Strikes Down Party Spending Limits

Does this restore free speech or hand billionaires even more control over democracy?

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US Supreme Court Strikes Down Party Spending Limits

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Above: A voter at a polling location at the Brooklyn Museum on the first day of early voting for a primary election in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on June 13. Image credit: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty Images

The Spin

Left narrative

Striking down party spending limits hands billionaires and special interests like the firearms and crypto industries even more control over elected officials. The 6-3 ruling accelerates the erosion of one-person, one-vote that Citizens United already set in motion. Hardworking Americans get drowned out while ultra-wealthy donors essentially purchase favorable policy outcomes.

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Right narrative

Coordinated party spending is core political speech, and restricting it forces parties into costly redundancies while undermining their ability to unify a message with their own candidates. Even the Solicitor General refused to defend the statute, conceding it abridges First Amendment freedoms under settled precedent. Removing these limits restores constitutional rights that never should have been curtailed.

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