THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Limits on Campaign Spending.
The Supreme Court has ruled that federal limits on coordinated campaign spending by political parties violate the First Amendment.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) limits on coordinated expenditures by political parties violate the First Amendment. This decision overturns a 2001 precedent set by FEC v. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee, a.k.a. Colorado II, which upheld these limits. DETAIL: The case was brought by a group of candidates and political party committees challenging the constitutionality of FECA’s restrictions. The Court’s decision aligns with the argument that these limits infringe on free speech rights as protected by the First Amendment. The ruling emphasizes that political parties, like individuals and outside groups, can make unlimited independent expenditures.…Open
WASHINGTONPOST (Justin Jouvenal) - Supreme Court upholds principle that almost all born on U.S. soil are American
If the court had struck down birthright citizenship and upheld President Donald Trump’s executive order, the ruling would have had sweeping political, economic and social ramifications.
WASHINGTONPOST (Julian Mark, Clara Ence Morse) - Supreme Court sides with GOP, loosens campaign spending rules
The decision is the latest in which the Supreme Court has weighed in on campaign finance rules.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - BREAKING: Supreme Court upholds transgender athlete bans in schools
The Supreme Court ruled states can bar transgender girls from competing on girls’ and women’s school sports teams, upholding bans in Idaho and West Virginia on Tuesday in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines that is set to impact similar laws passed in more than half the country. #transgender #supremecourt #womensports
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ABCNEWS - Supreme Court rolls back federal limits on campaign finance
The Supreme Court said the spending limits violate the First Amendment.
NPR (Nina Totenberg) - Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship on constitutional grounds
The decision firmly rejected the executive order that Trump issued on the first day of his second term.
NPR (Nina Totenberg) - Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, retires
Although not well known outside the court, Alito played a key role in leading the conservative charge, not just on abortion, but on a host of other issues.
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AXIOS (Andrew Pantazi) - Supreme Court strikes down party spending limits
The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down federal limits on how much political parties may spend in coordination with candidates, handing party committees a major win and reshaping campaign-finance rules ahead of the midterms. Why it matters: Freed from the caps, party committees can now spend without limit alongside their candidates — making them a far more powerful magnet for the big-dollar money that's flooded into super PACs over the past 15 years. Driving the news: In a 6–3 decision with a majority opinion by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the court held that the coordinated party expenditure limits violate the First Amendment. - The decision overturns a 25-year-old precedent that had upheld the same limits. The intrigue: The…