The co-plaintiffs in the case are Vance, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee, and former Ohio Republican Rep. Steve Chabot, according to aVice President-elect JD Vance speaks with the media after touring the region devastated by Hurricane Helene Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, in Fairview, N.C., as Sen. Thom Tillis listens.
office,’” it read, adding that the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals had only ruled against them due to their perception that they had no choice. “Even when the Supreme Court embraces a new line of reasoning in a given area and even when that reasoning allegedly undercuts the foundation of a decision, it remains the Court’s job, not ours, to overrule it,” the court’s Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton
The plaintiffs argued that the “constitutional violation” had harmed the political system by incentivizing donors to instead funnel their money to super PACs, stripping parties of their power and boosting “political polarization and fragmentation across the board.”They also claimed to have had widespread support, saying that growing political polarization has “caused even stalwart defenders of campaign-finance regulation in general to call for the end of the limits here.
A candidate can only accept $3,300 per person per election. This is often circumvented by committees such as the NRSC, which can take in up to $578,200 per person per election.